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Union Calendar No. 481 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8998 

[Report No. 118–581] 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2024 

Mr. SIMPSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 

environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

6 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 

7 and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

10 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

11 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

12 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve13 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi14 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 

15 lands, and performance of other functions, including main16 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage17 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 

18 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 

19 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

20 potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 

21 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,185,063,000, 

22 to remain available until September 30, 2026; of which 

23 $53,900,000 for annual maintenance and deferred mainte24 nance programs and $143,000,000 for the wild horse and 

25 burro program, as authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 


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1 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain available until ex2 pended: Provided, That amounts in the fee account of the 

3 BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be used 

4 for any bureau-related expenses associated with the proc5 essing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and 

6 related use of authorizations: Provided further, That of the 

7 amounts made available under this heading, up to 

8 $1,000,000 may be made available for the purposes de9 scribed in section 122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 

10 115–31 (43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A)): Provided further, 

11 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

12 not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 

13 representation expenses. 

14 In addition, $42,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis15 tration program operations, including the cost of admin16 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 

17 until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 

18 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 

19 claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 

20 authorized for fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a final 

21 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,185,063,000, 

22 and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 

23 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 

24 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 


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1 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

2 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

3 and development of resources and for construction, oper4 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

5 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

6 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or7 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 

8 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in9 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 

10 adjacent to such grant lands; $107,799,000, to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 

12 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 

13 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 

14 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 

15 California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 

16 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec17 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 

18 August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 

19 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

20 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 

21 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 

22 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 

23 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 

24 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 

25 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 


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1 sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 

2 315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im3 provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 

4 from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart5 ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 

6 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 

8 administrative expenses. 

9 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

10 For administrative expenses and other costs related 

11 to processing application documents and other authoriza12 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 

13 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu14 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi15 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 

16 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 

17 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

18 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 

19 Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con21 trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

22 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 

23 pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 

24 compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 

25 pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 


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1 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 

2 the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior 

3 to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands ad4 ministered through the Bureau of Land Management 

5 which have been damaged by the action of a resource de6 veloper, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 

7 without regard to whether all moneys collected from each 

8 such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 

9 led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 

10 that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage 

11 to the exact land for which funds were collected may be 

12 used to repair other damaged public lands. 

13 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

14 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

15 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

16 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub17 lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 

18 may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap19 praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 

20 under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 

21 remain available until expended. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

23 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 

24 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 

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1 able agreements with public and private entities, including 

2 with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail3 able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem4 porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec5 essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 

6 United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 

7 the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 

8 concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 

9 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac10 tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 

11 accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 

12 exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 

13 Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co14 operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au15 thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 

16 in connection with jointly produced publications for which 

17 the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 

18 or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 

19 is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 

20 further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 

21 commitment by a State government to provide an identi22 fied amount of money in support of the project may be 

23 carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 


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1 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

2 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

4 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 

5 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 

6 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

7 resources, $1,385,096,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2026, of which not to exceed $15,000 may be 

9 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro10 vided, That not to exceed $17,597,000 shall be used for 

11 implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 

12 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

13 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and 

14 issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 

15 other steps to implement actions described in subsection 

16 (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section). 

17 CONSTRUCTION

18 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re19 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con20 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti21 lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 

22 of lands and interests therein; $8,114,000, to remain 

23 available until expended. 


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1 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

2 FUND

3 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

4 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 

5 $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be de6 rived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conserva7 tion Fund. 

8 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

9 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo10 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 

11 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

12 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

13 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 

14 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $49,000,000, to remain available 

15 until expended. 

16 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 

18 Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 

19 seq.), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

21 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele22 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 

23 Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

24 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 

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1 servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 

2 Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 

3 et seq.), $21,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

5 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

6 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 

7 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

8 American Samoa, and Indian Tribes under the provisions 

9 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 

10 Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and imple11 mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 

12 habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 

13 $73,812,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,200,000 is 

15 for a competitive grant program for Indian Tribes not sub16 ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro17 vided further, That $7,612,000 is for a competitive grant 

18 program to implement approved plans for States, terri19 tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af20 fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 

21 agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 

22 appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

23 after deducting $13,812,000 and administrative expenses, 

24 apportion the amount provided herein in the following 

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1 monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 

2 than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 

3 American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 

4 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 

5 a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 

6 thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte7 rior shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 

8 manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 

9 which the land area of such State bears to the total land 

10 area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is 

11 based on the ratio to which the population of such State 

12 bears to the total population of all such States: Provided 

13 further, That the amounts apportioned under this para14 graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall 

15 be apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the 

16 amount available for apportionment under this paragraph 

17 for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such amount: 

18 Provided further, That the Federal share of planning 

19 grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of 

20 such projects and the Federal share of implementation 

21 grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of 

22 such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 

23 share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 

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1 tion that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2026, 

2 shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 

3 in 2027, in the manner provided herein. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 

6 carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex7 penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 

8 reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 

9 Appropriations and funds available to the United States 

10 Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 

11 damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 

12 areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 

13 purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each op14 tion; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on 

15 conservation areas as are consistent with their primary 

16 purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar17 ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 

18 the Service and to which the United States has title, and 

19 which are used pursuant to law in connection with man20 agement, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 

21 Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv22 ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 

23 arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services 

24 from cooperators in connection with jointly produced pub25 lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half 


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1 the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv2 ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept3 ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service 

4 may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 

5 aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

6 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap7 proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 

8 States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 

9 and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 

10 appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 

11 such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis12 ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 

13 until expended. 

14 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

15 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

16 For expenses necessary for the management, oper17 ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis18 tered by the National Park Service and for the general 

19 administration of the National Park Service, 

20 $2,709,203,000, of which $11,661,000 for planning and 

21 interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora22 tion and $15,000,000 for uses authorized by section 

23 101122 of title 54, United States Code shall remain avail24 able until September 30, 2026, and not to exceed $15,000 

25 may be for official reception and representative expenses: 


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1 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading in 

2 this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 of Pub3 lic Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

4 section 9 of the 400 Years of African-American History 

5 Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public Law 

6 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided under this 

7 heading shall be made available for the purposes specified 

8 by that Act: Provided further, That sections 7(b) and 8(a) 

9 of that Act is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2025’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘July 1, 2026’’. 

11 In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 

12 of Public Law 116–9, an amount equal to the amount de13 posited in this fiscal year into the National Park Medical 

14 Services Fund established pursuant to such section of 

15 such Act, to remain available until expended, shall be de16 rived from such Fund. 

17 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

18 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro19 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 

20 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re21 view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 

22 not otherwise provided for, $89,593,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2026. 


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1 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

2 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 

3 Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 

4 54, United States Code), $168,900,000, to be derived 

5 from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail6 able until September 30, 2026, of which $25,500,000 shall 

7 be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation 

8 of nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts as 

9 authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 

10 Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 

11 That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 

12 be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 

13 individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Pro14 vided further, That all projects to be funded shall be ap15 proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 

16 with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria17 tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 

18 Historic Preservation Fund, $30,250,000 is for the Com19 petitive Grants Subactivity; $11,000,000 is for grants to 

20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities; $10,000,000 

21 is for competitive grants for the restoration of historic 

22 properties of national, State, and local significance listed 

23 on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of His24 toric Places, to be made without imposing the usage or 

25 direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 


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1 302904) of the National Historic Preservation Act; 

2 $7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program to honor 

3 the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States 

4 by restoring and preserving sites and structures listed on 

5 the National Register of Historic Places that commemo6 rate the founding of the nation: Provided further, That 

7 such competitive grants shall be made without imposing 

8 the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 

9 54, United States Code to States and Indian Tribes as 

10 defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian or11 ganizations, local governments, including Certified Local 

12 Governments, and nonprofit organizations. 

13 CONSTRUCTION

14 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace15 ment of physical facilities, and related equipment, and 

16 compliance and planning for programs and areas adminis17 tered by the National Park Service, $135,616,000, to re18 main available until expended: Provided, That notwith19 standing any other provision of law, for any project ini20 tially funded in fiscal year 2025 with a future phase indi21 cated in the National Park Service 5–Year Line Item Con22 struction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which 

23 includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, 

24 That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 

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1 vided further, That National Park Service Donations, 

2 Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees 

3 may be made available for the cost of adjustments and 

4 changes within the original scope of effort for projects 

5 funded by the National Park Service Construction appro6 priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte7 rior shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, 

8 in accordance with current reprogramming thresholds, 

9 prior to making any charges authorized under this head10 ing. 

11 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

12 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

13 of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 

14 to challenge cost share agreements, $12,000,000, to re15 main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 

16 projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 

17 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 

18 be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do19 nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 

20 an irrevocable letter of credit. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 In addition to other uses set forth in section 

24 101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 

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1 penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 

2 for use at any unit within the National Park System to 

3 extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 

4 leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 

5 for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an6 ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con7 tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex8 tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit9 ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi10 nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 

11 contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 

12 so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 

13 For the costs of administration of the Land and 

14 Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

15 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

16 of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 

17 may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au18 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

19 amounts to remain available until expended. 

20 National Park Service funds may be transferred to 

21 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart22 ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 

23 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 

24 for FHWA administrative support costs. 


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1 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

2 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

3 For expenses necessary for the United States Geo4 logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re5 search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 

6 and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 

7 its territories and possessions, and other areas as author8 ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 

9 to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su10 pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu11 latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex12 ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 

13 the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 

14 processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 

15 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) and related purposes as authorized by 

16 law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 

17 foregoing activities; $1,374,385,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2026; of which $107,334,000 shall 

19 remain available until expended for satellite operations; 

20 and of which $54,130,000 shall be available until ex21 pended for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 

22 projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 

23 none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research ac24 tivity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 

25 property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the 


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1 property owner: Provided further, That no part of this ap2 propriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the 

3 cost of topographic mapping or water resources data col4 lection and investigations carried on in cooperation with 

5 States and municipalities: Provided further, That of the 

6 amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

7 $15,000 may be for official reception and representation 

8 expenses. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

11 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 

12 necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur13 nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo14 physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra15 tively determined that such procedures are in the public 

16 interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build17 ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 

18 gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip19 ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 

20 for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 

21 expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap22 pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 

23 and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 

24 activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 

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1 operative agreements (including noncompetitive coopera2 tive agreements with Tribes) as defined in section 6302 

3 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the 

4 United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts 

5 or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indi6 rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 

7 regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermit8 tent services of students or recent graduates, who shall 

9 be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 

10 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com11 pensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 

12 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, 

13 but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 

14 any other purposes. 

15 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

16 OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

17 For expenses necessary for granting and admin18 istering leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements 

19 for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma20 rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 

21 approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 

22 for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple23 menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi24 dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 

25 or cooperative agreements, $199,057,000, of which 


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1 $144,057,000 is to remain available until September 30, 

2 2026, and of which $55,000,000 is to remain available 

3 until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation 

4 shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of 

5 the Interior and credited to this appropriation from addi6 tions to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental 

7 rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery 

8 fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean En9 ergy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf 

10 Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and 

11 miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, 

12 That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such 

13 collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to re14 sult in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated 

15 at not more than $144,057,000: Provided further, That 

16 not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable ex17 penses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine 

18 cleanup activities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

19 $5,000 shall be available for official reception and rep20 resentation expenses. 

21 BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

22 ENFORCEMENT

23 OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

24 For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper25 ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and 


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1 agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 

2 and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 

3 Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple4 menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 

5 to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele6 gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree7 ments, $168,330,000, of which $138,450,000, including 

8 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa9 tion expenses, is to remain available until September 30, 

10 2026, and of which $29,880,000 is to remain available 

11 until expended, including $2,880,000 for offshore decom12 missioning activities: Provided, That this total appropria13 tion shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Sec14 retary of the Interior and credited to this appropriation 

15 from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease 

16 rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost 

17 recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of 

18 Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the 

19 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, as20 sessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative ac21 tivities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro22 priated shall be reduced as such collections are received 

23 during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

24 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 

25 $141,330,000. 


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1 For an additional amount, $37,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col3 lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 

4 which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 

5 collected in fiscal year 2025, as provided in this Act: Pro6 vided further, That for fiscal year 2025, not less than 50 

7 percent of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of 

8 Safety and Environmental Enforcement will be used to 

9 fund personnel and mission-related costs to expand capac10 ity and expedite the orderly development, subject to envi11 ronmental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pur12 suant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 

13 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the review of applications 

14 for permits to drill. 

15 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

16 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

17 1016; title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title 

18 VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

19 $15,099,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li20 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 

21 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

22 ENFORCEMENT

23 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

25 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 


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1 1977, Public Law 95–87, $119,786,000, to remain avail2 able until September 30, 2026, of which $66,000,000 shall 

3 be available for State and Tribal regulatory grants, and 

4 of which not to exceed $5,000 may be for official reception 

5 and representation expenses: Provided, That appropria6 tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 

7 Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex8 penses of State and Tribal personnel attending Office of 

9 Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 

10 training. 

11 In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en12 force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 

13 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re14 main available until expended: Provided, That fees as15 sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 

16 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off17 setting collections, to remain available until expended: 

18 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

19 the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re20 ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 

21 year 2025 appropriation estimated at not more than 

22 $119,786,000. 

23 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

24 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 

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1 Public Law 95–87, $33,231,000, to be derived from re2 ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 

3 remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 

4 to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 

5 authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 

6 the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 

7 to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur8 ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 

9 Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 

10 share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov11 ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re12 lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 

13 from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 

14 projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior15 ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 

16 Provided further, That amounts provided under this head17 ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 

18 State and Tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 

19 Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training: 

20 Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

21 heading, not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for official 

22 reception and representation expenses. 

23 In addition, $135,000,000, to remain available until 

24 expended, for payments to States and federally recognized 

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1 and other related activities in accordance with the terms 

2 and conditions described in the report accompanying this 

3 Act: Provided, That such additional amount shall be used 

4 for economic and community development in conjunction 

5 with the priorities described in section 403(a) of the Sur6 face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 

7 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional 

8 amount, $88,850,000 shall be distributed in equal 

9 amounts to the three Appalachian States with the greatest 

10 amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described 

11 in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, $34,400,000 

12 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the three Appa13 lachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of un14 funded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,750,000 

15 shall be for grants to federally recognized Indian Tribes, 

16 without regard to their status as certified or uncertified 

17 under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 

18 of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of aban19 doned mine lands and other related activities in accord20 ance with the terms and conditions described in the report 

21 accompanying this Act and shall be used for economic and 

22 community development in conjunction with the priorities 

23 in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Rec24 lamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That such pay25 ments shall be made to States and federally recognized 


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1 Indian Tribes not later than 90 days after the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That if payments 

3 have not been made by the date specified in the preceding 

4 proviso, the amount appropriated for salaries and ex5 penses under the heading ‘‘Office of Surface Mining Rec6 lamation and Enforcement’’ shall be reduced by $100,000 

7 per day until such payments have been made. 

8 INDIAN AFFAIRS

9 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

10 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

13 programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 

14 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self15 Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $2,189,150,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided 

18 herein; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 

19 reception and representation expenses; of which not to ex20 ceed $79,494,000 shall be for welfare assistance pay21 ments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal dis22 asters, the Secretary of the Interior may exceed such cap 

23 for welfare payments from the amounts provided herein, 

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1 ognized Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations of feder2 ally recognized Indian Tribes may use their Tribal priority 

3 allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided 

4 further, That not to exceed $75,987,000 shall remain 

5 available until expended for housing improvement, road 

6 maintenance, land acquisition, attorney fees, litigation 

7 support, land records improvement, hearings and appeals, 

8 and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided fur9 ther, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally rec10 ognized Tribe which remain unobligated as of September 

11 30, 2026, may be transferred during fiscal year 2027 to 

12 an Indian forest land assistance account established for 

13 the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s 

14 trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unob15 ligated balances not so transferred shall expire on Sep16 tember 30, 2027: Provided further, That in order to en17 hance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau 

18 may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying 

19 articles of clothing for personnel: Provided further, That 

20 not to exceed $7,664,000 of funds made available under 

21 this heading may, as needed, be transferred to ‘‘Office of 

22 the Secretary—Departmental Operations’’ for trust, pro23 bate, and administrative functions: Provided further, That 

24 the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of 

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1 to supplement any other funding available for reconstruc2 tion or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of Indian 

3 Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transpor4 tation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 

5 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

6 For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 

7 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter8 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

9 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 

10 Education for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec11 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep12 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

14 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

15 budget account. 

16 PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES

17 For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 

18 leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter19 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

20 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec21 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep22 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

24 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

25 budget account. 


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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte4 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

5 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer6 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

7 in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 

8 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur9 suant to Public Law 87–483; $146,296,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 

11 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 

12 Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 

13 Reclamation: Provided further, That any funds provided 

14 for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of 

15 November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 

16 on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this 

17 appropriation may be reimbursed from the Bureau of 

18 Trust Funds Administration appropriation for the appro19 priate share of construction costs for space expansion 

20 needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa21 tion: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

22 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the 

23 Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the 

24 WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1749): Pro25 vided further, That amounts provided under this heading 


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1 are made available for the modernization of Federal field 

2 communication capabilities, in addition to amounts other3 wise made available for such purpose. 

4 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

5 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

6 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

7 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle8 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 101–618, and 

9 117–349, and for implementation of other land and water 

10 rights settlements, $32,263,000, to remain available until 

11 expended. 

12 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

14 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2026, of which $2,125,000 is for administrative expenses, 

16 as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Pro17 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

18 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

20 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

21 any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 

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1 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

2 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS

3 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

4 education programs, as authorized by law, including the 

5 Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In6 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 

7 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend8 ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 

9 Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 

10 $1,198,216,000 to remain available until September 30, 

11 2026, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 

12 federally recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza13 tions of federally recognized Indian Tribes may use their 

14 Tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance 

15 costs: Provided further, That not to exceed $871,983,000 

16 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and 

17 other education programs shall become available on June 

18 1, 2025, and shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2026: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 

21 Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 

22 and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 

23 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $96,886,000 within and 

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1 sociated with grants approved prior to June 1, 2025: Pro2 vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu3 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur4 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

5 personnel. 

6 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

7 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte8 nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 

9 for the operation of Indian education programs, including 

10 architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi11 tion of lands, and interests in lands; $270,867,000, to re12 main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 

13 ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec14 retary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 

15 all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 

16 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 

17 Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee 

18 receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 

19 Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of 

20 the project and commenced construction. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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1 ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera2 tion with States and other organizations. 

3 Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 

4 the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 

5 support of the management, operation, and maintenance 

6 of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

8 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 

9 of Indian Education for central office oversight and Exec10 utive Direction and Administrative Services (except Exec11 utive Direction and Administrative Services funding for 

12 Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 

13 operations and maintenance) shall be available for con14 tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with 

15 the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian 

16 Education under the provisions of the Indian Self-Deter17 mination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 

18 (Public Law 103–413). 

19 In the event any Tribe returns appropriations made 

20 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 

21 the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di22 minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 

23 that Tribe, or the government-to-government relationship 

24 between the United States and that Tribe, or that Tribe’s 

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1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

2 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 

3 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 

4 schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 

5 support the operation of any elementary or secondary 

6 school in the State of Alaska. 

7 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu8 cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 

9 school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 

10 or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 

11 in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 

12 October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 

13 may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 

14 one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 

15 waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 

16 of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 

17 grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu18 reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo19 ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 

20 prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail21 able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 

22 only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep23 tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 

24 was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 

25 under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 


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1 school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 

2 in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 

3 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 

4 in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 

5 that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep6 tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe7 riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 

8 a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 

9 the use of the real and personal property (including buses 

10 and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa11 rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 

12 not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 

13 the State in which the school is located if the charter 

14 school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 

15 schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per16 forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 

17 and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 

18 Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 

19 United States Code. 

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

21 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 

22 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi23 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

24 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 

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1 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 

2 distribution formula. 

3 Funds available under this Act may not be used to 

4 establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 

5 system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 

6 may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian Tribe 

7 to provide language and cultural immersion educational 

8 programs for non-public schools located within the juris9 dictional area of the Tribal government which exclusively 

10 serve Tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 

11 currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 

12 provide an educational environment with educator pres13 ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau14 funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 

15 or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 

16 with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es17 tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur18 ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 

19 other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 

20 students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 

21 available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 

22 maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, or other facili23 ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 

24 the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 

25 school’’ means a school location physically separated from 


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1 the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 

2 forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 

3 Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 

4 within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In5 dian Education Programs may be used to execute re6 quested adjustments in Tribal priority allocations initiated 

7 by an Indian Tribe. 

8 BUREAU OF TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTRATION

9 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 

12 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 

13 compacts, and grants, $105,277,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, of which not to exceed $17,997,000 from 

15 this or any other Act, may be available for settlement sup16 port: Provided, That funds for trust management improve17 ments and litigation support may, as needed, be trans18 ferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

19 ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian 

20 Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ 

21 accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Ex22 penses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Depart23 mental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That funds 

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1 termination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall 

2 remain available until expended by the contractor or 

3 grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 

5 provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In6 dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 

7 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 

9 statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 

10 shall permit the balance in each such account to be with11 drawn upon the express written request of the account 

12 holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is 

13 available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 

14 administrative errors of either disbursements from or de15 posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 

16 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 

17 payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re18 main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 

19 further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec20 oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 

21 $500 unless the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 

22 receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac23 counts claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

24 section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Manage25 ment Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any 


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1 other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the 

2 trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are un3 known for a continuous period of at least 5 years and shall 

4 not be required to generate periodic statements of per5 formance for the individual accounts: Provided further, 

6 That with respect to the preceding proviso, the Secretary 

7 shall continue to maintain sufficient records to determine 

8 the balance of the individual accounts, including any ac9 crued interest and income, and such funds shall remain 

10 available to the individual account holders. 

11 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

13 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses for management of the De16 partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 

17 agreements, as authorized by law, $102,292,000, to re18 main available until September 30, 2026; of which not to 

19 exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen20 tation expenses; of which up to $1,000,000 shall be avail21 able for workers compensation payments and unemploy22 ment compensation payments associated with the orderly 

23 closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of 

24 which $14,295,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 

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1 Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and re2 source valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred 

3 to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Oper4 ation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Edu5 cation ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ ac6 counts and the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 

7 ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further, 

8 That funds made available through contracts or grants ob9 ligated during fiscal year 2025, as authorized by the In10 dian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et 

11 seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con12 tractor or grantee. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 For fiscal year 2025, up to $550,000 of the payments 

15 authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 

16 may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay17 ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 

18 amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay19 ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 

20 available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 

21 title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 

22 event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay23 ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 

24 the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 

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1 ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 

3 individual units of local government to correct for prior 

4 overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 

5 no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth6 erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 

7 amount of the payment is less than $100. 

8 INSULAR AFFAIRS

9 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

10 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

11 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, 

12 $118,689,000, of which: (1) $107,220,000 shall remain 

13 available until expended for territorial assistance, includ14 ing general technical assistance, maintenance assistance, 

15 disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and natural re16 sources activities, and brown tree snake control and re17 search; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for 

18 compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 

19 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government of American 

20 Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construc21 tion and support of governmental functions; grants to the 

22 Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; 

23 grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 

24 and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana 

25 Islands, as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 


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1 Stat. 272); and (2) $11,469,000 shall be available until 

2 September 30, 2026, for salaries and expenses of the Of3 fice of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans4 actions of the territorial and local governments herein pro5 vided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 

6 instrumentalities established or used by such governments, 

7 may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, 

8 at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 

9 31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern 

10 Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided 

11 according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 

12 Representatives on Future United States Financial Assist13 ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 

14 Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the 

15 program of operations and maintenance improvement are 

16 appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 

17 maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 

18 territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 

19 by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to 

20 timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, 

21 That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 

22 heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may 

23 be used as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose 

24 of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 


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1 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer2 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

3 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

4 For grants and necessary expenses, $813,000, to re5 main available until expended, to support Federal services 

6 and programs provided to the Republic of Palau, the Re7 public of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States 

8 of Micronesia. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec12 retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 

13 funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 

14 188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 

15 Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 

16 of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per17 cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 

18 of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 

19 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 

20 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 

21 construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 

22 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

23 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

24 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

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1 tees may be made without regard to the population of the 

2 area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 

3 the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica4 tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 

5 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

6 any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

7 be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 

8 or guarantee loans under such authorities. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

12 $93,964,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2026. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General, $68,000,000, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2026. 

19 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

20 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 

23 suppression operations, fire science and research, emer24 gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 

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1 $1,195,086,000, to remain available until expended, of 

2 which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be for the renova3 tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 

4 funds are also available for repayment of advances to 

5 other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre6 viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

7 That of the funds provided $255,000,000 is for fuels man8 agement activities: Provided further, That of the funds 

9 provided $10,000,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: 

10 Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 

11 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging 

12 without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 

13 Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, 

14 sums received by a bureau or office of the Department 

15 of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 

16 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 

17 may be credited to the appropriation from which funds 

18 were expended to provide that protection, and are avail19 able without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 

20 using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, 

21 the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement 

22 contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels 

23 management activities, and for training and monitoring 

24 associated with such fuels management activities on Fed25 eral land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 


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1 that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 

2 That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 

3 between the Federal Government and any non-Federal en4 tity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 

5 parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require6 ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Sec7 retary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may 

8 obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local 

9 private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con10 servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 

11 109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, or 

12 nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or 

13 (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant 

14 percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 

15 workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 

16 That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall de17 velop written guidance to field units to ensure account18 ability and consistent application of the authorities pro19 vided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

20 under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 

21 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

22 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re23 sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

24 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 

25 required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with 


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1 wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 

3 appropriations to enter into leases of real property with 

4 local governments, at or below fair market value, to con5 struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 

6 leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 

7 stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 

8 fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 

9 any such lease or for construction activity associated with 

10 the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte11 rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 

12 transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage13 ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 

14 between the Departments when such transfers would fa15 cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 

16 and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 

17 wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed18 eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 

19 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

20 for assistance to or through the Department of State in 

21 connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 

22 information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 

23 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail24 able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 

25 related natural resource activities outside the United 


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1 States and its territories and possessions, including tech2 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

3 with United States and international organizations: Pro4 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head5 ing, $383,657,000 shall be available for wildfire suppres6 sion operations, and is provided to meet the terms of sec7 tion 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 In addition to the amounts provided under the head12 ing ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro13 grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres14 sion operations, $360,000,000, to remain available until 

15 transferred, is additional new budget authority as speci16 fied for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced 

17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro18 vided, That such amounts may be transferred to and 

19 merged with amounts made available under the headings 

20 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 

21 Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior—De22 partment-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ 

23 for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in 

24 which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, 

25 That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire 


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1 Management’’ accounts in the Department of Agriculture 

2 or the Department of the Interior only upon the notifica3 tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria4 tions that all wildfire suppression operations funds appro5 priated under that heading in this and prior appropria6 tions Acts to the agency to which the funds will be trans7 ferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, 

8 That the transfer authority provided under this heading 

9 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

10 law: Provided further, That in determining whether all 

11 wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under 

12 the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and 

13 prior appropriations Acts to either the Department of Ag14 riculture or the Department of the Interior will be obli15 gated within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, 

16 any funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pur17 suant to any other transfer authority provided by law shall 

18 be excluded. 

19 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

20 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In21 terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 

22 the response action, including associated activities, per23 formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re24 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 

25 et seq.), $9,200,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In4 terior to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond 

5 to hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant 

6 to section 40704 of Public Law 117–58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), 

7 and carry out the purposes of section 349 of the Energy 

8 Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, 

9 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

10 That such amount shall be in addition to amounts other11 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

12 amounts appropriated under this heading are available for 

13 program management and oversight of these activities: 

14 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer the 

15 funds provided under this heading in this Act to any other 

16 account in the Department to carry out such purposes, 

17 and may expend such funds directly, or through grants: 

18 Provided further, That these amounts are not available to 

19 fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com20 pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obli21 gations agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, 

22 whether for payment of funds or for work to be performed. 


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1 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

2 RESTORATION

3 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

4 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res5 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 

6 the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 

7 provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

8 Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 

9 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 

10 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 

11 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,715,000, to 

12 remain available until expended. 

13 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

14 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 

15 financial and business management system, data manage16 ment, information technology improvements of general 

17 benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consoli18 dation of facilities and operations throughout the Depart19 ment, $99,453,000, to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 

21 or any other Act may be used to establish reserves in the 

22 Working Capital Fund account other than for accrued an23 nual leave and depreciation of equipment without prior ap24 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

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1 the Secretary of the Interior may assess reasonable 

2 charges to State, local, and Tribal government employees 

3 for training services provided by the National Indian Pro4 gram Training Center, other than training related to Pub5 lic Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

6 lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 

7 equipment, or professional services of the National Indian 

8 Program Training Center to State, local and Tribal gov9 ernment employees or persons or organizations engaged 

10 in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as de11 fined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) 

12 at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equip13 ment, or services in the vicinity of the National Indian 

14 Program Training Center: Provided further, That all funds 

15 received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be 

16 credited to this account, shall be available until expended, 

17 and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses 

18 of the National Indian Program Training Center: Provided 

19 further, That the Secretary may enter into grants and co20 operative agreements to support the Office of Natural Re21 source Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, 

22 fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized 

23 by law. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail3 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 

4 which may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through 

5 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 

6 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 

7 or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

8 replacement aircraft. 

9 OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

10 For necessary expenses for management of the collec11 tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 

12 revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree13 ments, as authorized by law, $160,446,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2026; of which $59,751,000 

15 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 

16 mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 

17 notwithstanding any other provision of law, $50,000 shall 

18 be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 

19 with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary of the 

20 Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 

21 amounts owed to Indian allottees or Tribes, or to correct 

22 prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 


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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

4 SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 

5 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

6 or office), with the approval of the Secretary of the Inte7 rior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or re8 pair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or 

9 equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 

10 other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall 

11 be made available under this authority until funds specifi12 cally made available to the Department of the Interior for 

13 emergencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, 

14 That all funds used pursuant to this section must be re15 plenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be 

16 requested as promptly as possible. 

17 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

18 SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Interior may author19 ize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropria20 tion in this title, in addition to the amounts included in 

21 the budget programs of the several agencies, for the sup22 pression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or 

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1 tions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, 

2 volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contin3 gency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 

4 and natural resource damage assessment activities related 

5 to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into 

6 the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and con7 trol of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 

8 outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 

9 pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 

10 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation 

11 projects under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall 

12 transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office 

13 of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such 

14 funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of regu15 latory authority in the event a primacy State is not car16 rying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 

17 Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for 

18 wildland fire operations shall be available for the payment 

19 of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, 

20 and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for de21 struction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in con22 nection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 

23 such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations cur24 rently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided 

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1 be made available under this authority until the Secretary 

2 determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire sup3 pression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Provided fur4 ther, That all funds used pursuant to this section must 

5 be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 

6 must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided fur7 ther, That such replenishment funds shall be used to reim8 burse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency 

9 funds were transferred. 

10 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

11 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 

12 of the Interior in this title shall be available for services 

13 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, 

15 in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and re16 placement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 

17 law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper18 ation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; pur19 chase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private 

20 residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 

21 approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 

22 authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in so23 cieties or associations which issue publications to members 

24 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 

25 who are not members. 


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1 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST

2 MANAGEMENT

3 SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 

4 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

5 Education, and Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 

6 and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations 

7 Acts made under the same headings shall be available for 

8 expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and 

9 reform activities. Total funding for settlement support ac10 tivities shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in 

11 this Act for such purpose. The Secretary shall notify the 

12 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 

13 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of any funds under 

14 this section, including the amount expended or transferred 

15 and how the funds will be used. 

16 REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN

17 AFFAIRS

18 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis20 tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 

21 Tribal base funds, to alleviate Tribal funding inequities 

22 by transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 

23 dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 

24 distribution methodologies. No Tribe shall receive a reduc25 tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 


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1 percent in fiscal year 2025. Under circumstances of dual 

2 enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis3 tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 

4 apply. 

5 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

6 SEC. 106. (a) In fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 

7 the Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, 

8 which shall be deposited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Envi9 ronmental Enforcement’’ account, from the designated op10 erator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 

11 1348(c). 

12 (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 

13 are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 

14 in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 

15 2025 shall be— 

16 (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 

17 processing equipment or gathering lines; 

18 (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 

19 with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

20 (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 

21 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

22 wells. 

23 (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in24 spections completed in fiscal year 2025. Fees for fiscal 

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1 (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 

2 water depths of 500 feet or more; and 

3 (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 

4 water depths of less than 500 feet. 

5 (d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 

6 via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 

7 D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com8 pleted in fiscal year 2025. Fees for fiscal year 2025 shall 

9 be— 

10 (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op11 erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 

12 (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op13 erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 

14 and 

15 (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op16 erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 

17 (e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 

18 under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 

19 within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des20 ignated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of 

21 the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 

22 with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Sec23 retary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) 

24 with payment required by the end of the following quarter. 


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1 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND

2 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES

3 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 

5 multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza6 tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 

7 multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 

8 section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 

9 the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 

10 apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 

11 wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 

12 or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 

13 and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 

14 at the discretion of the Secretary. 

15 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

16 SEC. 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv17 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 

18 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 

19 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 

20 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 

21 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 

22 fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 

23 Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 

24 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 


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1 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

2 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, during fiscal year 2025, in carrying out work involv4 ing cooperation with State, local, and Tribal governments 

5 or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 

6 record obligations against accounts receivable from any 

7 such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 

8 the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

9 available at the end of the fiscal year. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES

11 PROGRAM

12 SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree14 ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 

15 grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri16 vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 

17 of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

18 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au19 thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 

20 Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 

21 (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 

22 subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree23 ment would not— 

24 (1) result in the displacement of individuals 

25 currently employed by the Department, including 


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1 partial displacement through reduction of non-over2 time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 

3 (2) result in the use of an individual under the 

4 Department of the Interior Experienced Services 

5 Program for a job or function in a case in which a 

6 Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 

7 or substantially equivalent job within the Depart8 ment; or 

9 (3) affect existing contracts for services. 

10 OBLIGATION OF FUNDS

11 SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 

12 Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 

13 and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 

14 enactment of this Act. 

15 SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS

16 SEC. 112. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 

17 implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 

18 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 

19 Education, may transfer funds among and between the 

20 successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza21 tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide22 lines described in this Act. 


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1 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)

2 SEC. 113. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 

3 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 

4 for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

5 INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL

6 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

7 or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian Tribes 

8 or authorized Tribal organizations that receive Tribally 

9 Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 

10 297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 

11 services for performance of any activities carried out 

12 under such grants to the same extent as if they were con13 tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu14 cation Assistance Act. 

15 APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY

16 SEC. 115. For fiscal year 2025, funds made available 

17 in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to 

18 the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and 

19 Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary 

20 of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic 

21 pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in 

22 the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 

23 15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal 

24 reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty 

25 programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the 


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1 minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 

2 higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) 

3 through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. 

4 SAGE-GROUSE

5 SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 

6 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte7 rior, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

8 U.S.C. 1533)— 

9 (1) to write or issue a proposed or final rule 

10 with regard to the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 

11 urophasianus) or any distinct population segment of 

12 greater sage-grouse; or 

13 (2) to implement, administer, or enforce any 

14 threatened species or endangered species status of 

15 the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) 

16 or any distinct population segment of greater sage17 grouse. 

18 SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT

19 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 

20 or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, ad21 minister, or enforce the Draft Resource Management Plan 

22 Amendment or Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

23 for Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning referenced 

24 in the Notice titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Draft 

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1 mental Impact Statement for Greater Sage-Grouse 

2 Rangewide Planning’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 18963 (March 15, 

3 2024)). 

4 STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS

5 SEC. 118. For expenses necessary to carry out section 

6 200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park 

7 Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conserva8 tion Grants program to provide to States, the District of 

9 Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to sup10 port state program administrative costs. 

11 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND DEPOSITS

12 SEC. 119. Section 303102 of title 54, United States 

13 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 

14 for ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’. 

15 INTERIOR AUTHORITY FOR OPERATING EFFICIENCIES

16 SEC. 120. (a) In fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the Sec17 retary of the Interior may authorize and execute agree18 ments to achieve operating efficiencies among and between 

19 two or more component bureaus and offices through the 

20 following activities: 

21 (1) co-locating in facilities leased or owned by 

22 any such component bureau or office and sharing re23 lated utilities and equipment; 

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1 (3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to 

2 meet mission requirements. 

3 (b) The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be 

4 to support areas of mission alignment between and among 

5 component bureaus and offices or where geographic prox6 imity allows for efficiencies. 

7 (c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements au8 thorized under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear 

9 costs for such agreements in a manner that reflects their 

10 approximate benefit and share of total costs, which may 

11 or may not include indirect costs. 

12 (d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection 

13 (c), the Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of 

14 funds in advance or on a reimbursable basis. 

15 EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT CEILING

16 SEC. 121. Section 103101 of title 54, United States 

17 Code, is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking 

18 ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’. 

19 CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY EXTENSION

20 SEC. 122. Section 113 of division G of Public Law 

21 113–76, as amended by Public Law 116–6, is further 

22 amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 

23 PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY

24 SEC. 123. Funds previously made available in the 

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1 aster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (Div. B of Public 

2 Law 115–123) for the ‘‘National Park Service – Historic 

3 Preservation Fund’’ that were available for obligation 

4 through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through 

5 fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid obligations in6 curred during fiscal years 2018 and 2019: Provided, That 

7 amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 

8 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 

9 requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated as an 

11 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 ONSHORE WIND PROJECT

15 SEC. 124. The final environmental impact statement 

16 for the Lava Ridge Wind Project described in the notice 

17 of availability issued by the Bureau of Land Management 

18 and titled ‘‘Notice of Availability of the Final Environ19 mental Impact Statement for the Proposed Lava Ridge 

20 Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, 

21 ID’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 48681 (June 7, 2024)) shall have no 

22 force or effect. 

23 LEAD AMMUNITION AND TACKLE

24 SEC. 125. (a) None of the funds made available by 

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1 lead ammunition or tackle on Federal land or water that 

2 is made available for hunting or fishing activities or to 

3 issue regulations relating to the level of lead in ammuni4 tion or tackle to be used on Federal land or water, un5 less— 

6 (1) the Secretary of the Interior determines that a 

7 decline in wildlife population on the specific unit of Fed8 eral land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead 

9 in ammunition or tackle, based on field data from the spe10 cific unit of Federal land or water; and 

11 (2) the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, is— 

12 (A) consistent with— 

13 (i) the law of the State in which the spe14 cific unit of Federal land or water is located; or 

15 (ii) an applicable policy of the fish and 

16 wildlife department of the State in which the 

17 specific unit of Federal land or water is located; 

18 or 

19 (B) approved by the fish and wildlife depart20 ment of the State in which the specific unit of Fed21 eral land or water is located. 

22 (b) In any case in which the Secretary of the Interior 

23 determines under subsection (a) that there is a wildlife 

24 population decline on a specific unit of Federal land or 

25 water that warrants a prohibition on or regulation relating 


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1 to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle, the Secretary 

2 shall include in a Federal Register notice an explanation 

3 of how the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, meets 

4 the requirements of this section. 

5 ECOGRIEF

6 SEC. 126. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to carry out the program 

8 for Federal employees at the Department of the Interior 

9 titled ‘‘Acknowledging Ecogrief and Developing Resist10 ance’’ or any counseling sessions, workshop, or any other 

11 meeting pertaining to ecological grief, ecogrief, or eco-re12 silience. 

13 LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN

14 SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this 

15 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

16 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat17 ened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threat18 ened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Dis19 tinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the 

20 Southern Distinct Population Segment’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 

21 72674 (November 25, 2022)). 

22 NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT

23 SEC. 128. None of the funds made available by this 

24 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

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1 ened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for 

2 Northern Long-Eared Bat’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 73488 (Novem3 ber 30, 2022)). 

4 DUNES SAGEBRUSH LIZARD

5 SEC. 129. None of the funds made available by this 

6 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

7 or enforce the threatened species or endangered species 

8 status of the dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus 

9 arenicolus) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 

10 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

11 GRAY WOLF

12 SEC. 130. Not later than 60 days after the date of 

13 enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior 

14 shall reissue the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat15 ened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis 

16 lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened 

17 Wildlife’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 69778 (November 3, 2020)). 

18 WOLVERINE

19 SEC. 131. None of the funds made available by this 

20 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

21 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat22 ened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With 

23 Section 4(d) Rule for North American Wolverine’’ (88 

24 Fed. Reg. 83726 (November 30, 2023)). 


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1 NORTH CASCADES ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR

2 SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 

3 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

4 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threat5 ened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential 

6 Experimental Population of Grizzly Bear in the North 

7 Cascades Ecosystem, Washington State’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 

8 36982 (May 3, 2024)). 

9 BITTERROOT ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR

10 SEC. 133. None of the funds made available by this 

11 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte12 rior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

13 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to establish an experimental popu14 lation of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) within 

15 the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho. 

16 FISH LEGALLY HELD IN CAPTIVITY

17 SEC. 134. None of the funds made available by this 

18 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte19 rior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

20 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to implement, administer, or enforce 

21 a proposed or final rule with regard to a fish legally held 

22 in captivity or in a controlled environment in a manner 

23 that maintains physical separation of such fish from any 

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1 CHARLES M. RUSSELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

2 SEC. 135. None of the funds made available by this 

3 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte4 rior to facilitate or allow for the introduction of American 

5 bison (Bison bison) on the Charles M. Russell National 

6 Wildlife Refuge (as originally established in Executive 

7 Order No. 7509, renamed in Public Land Order 2951, and 

8 redesignated in Public Land Order 5635). 

9 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT RULES

10 SEC. 136. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce— 

12 (1) the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 

13 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Per14 taining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 

15 Plants’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 23919 (April 5, 2024)); 

16 (2) the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 

17 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Endangered 

18 and Threatened Species and Designating Critical 

19 Habitat’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 24300 (April 5, 2024)); or 

20 (3) the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 

21 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for 

22 Interagency Cooperation’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 24268 

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1 TRANSPARENCY

2 SEC. 137. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 

3 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

4 shall reissue and implement Order No. 3368 ‘‘Promoting 

5 Transparency and Accountability in Consent Decrees and 

6 Settlement Agreements’’ dated September 11, 2018. 

7 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act shall 

8 be available to rescind the Order reissued under subsection 

9 (a), reissue, enforce, administer, or implement Order No. 

10 3408 ‘‘Rescission of Secretary’s Order 3368’’ dated June 

11 17, 2022, or to issue, enforce, administer, or implement 

12 any substantially similar order. 

13 FUNDING LIMITATION REGARDING BLM RULE

14 SEC. 138. None of the funds made available by this 

15 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

16 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Conservation and Land17 scape Health’’ published by the Bureau of Land Manage18 ment in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024 (89 Fed. 

19 Reg. 40308). 

20 GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT

21 SEC. 139. None of the funds made available by this 

22 or any other Act may be used for management of the 

23 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument except in 

24 compliance with the document titled ‘‘Record of Decision 

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1 Staircase-Escalante National Monument’’ (February 

2 2020). 

3 COTTONWOOD

4 SEC. 140. Not later than 60 days after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 

6 issue the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened 

7 Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Interagency Coopera8 tion’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 2373 (January 12, 2021)). 

9 FUNDING LIMITATION REGARDING FISH AND WILDLIFE

10 SERVICE RULE

11 SEC. 141. None of the funds made available by this 

12 or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, ad13 minister, or enforce the proposed rule titled ‘‘National 

14 Wildlife Refuge System; Biological Integrity, Diversity, 

15 and Environmental Health’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 7345 (Feb16 ruary 2, 2024)). 

17 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HOUSING

18 SEC. 142. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used by the National Park Service to provide 

20 housing to an alien without lawful status under the immi21 gration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of 

22 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 

23 BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE

24 SEC. 143. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 

25 through the Director of the National Park Service, shall 


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1 prepare an environmental impact statement under the Na2 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 

3 et seq.), prior to approving an operations permit, as de4 scribed in 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subpart B 

5 §§9.80 through 9.90, for the purpose of conducting or pro6 posing to conduct non-federal oil or gas operations within 

7 the Big Cypress National Preserve. 

8 CALDWELL CANYON

9 SEC. 144. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, not later than December 31, 2024, the Secretary of 

11 the Interior shall issue a new Record of Decision for the 

12 Caldwell Canyon Mine project that addresses the defi13 ciencies identified by the United States District Court for 

14 the District of Idaho in its decisions and orders issued 

15 in Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. United States 

16 Bureau of Land Management, et al. (Case Number 4:21- 

17 CV-00182-BLW) on January 24, 2023, and June 2, 2023. 

18 5-YEAR PLAN

19 SEC. 145. Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf 

20 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘subsections (c) and (d) of 

23 this section, shall prepare and periodically re24 vise,’’ and inserting ‘‘this section, shall issue 

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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(5) Each five-year program shall include at 

3 least two Gulf of Mexico region-wide lease sales per 

4 year.’’. 

5 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘domes6 tic energy security,’’ after ‘‘between’’; 

7 (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) 

8 as subsections (g) through (j), respectively; and 

9 (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(f) Subsequent Leasing Programs.— 

12 ‘‘(1) In General.—Not later than 36 months 

13 after conducting the first lease sale under an oil and 

14 gas leasing program prepared pursuant to this sec15 tion, the Secretary shall begin preparing the subse16 quent oil and gas leasing program under this sec17 tion. 

18 ‘‘(2) Requirement.—Each subsequent oil and 

19 gas leasing program under this section shall be ap20 proved by not later than 180 days before the expira21 tion of the previous oil and gas leasing program.’’. 

22 OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING

23 SEC. 146. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

24 of law, and except within areas subject to existing oil and 

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1 Secretary of the Interior shall annually conduct a min2 imum of 2 region-wide oil and gas lease sales in the fol3 lowing planning areas of the Gulf of Mexico region, as de4 scribed in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 

5 Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016): 

6 (1) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. 

7 (2) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. 

8 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, be9 ginning in fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior 

10 shall annually conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and 

11 gas lease sales in the Alaska region of the Outer Conti12 nental Shelf, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Conti13 nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program 

14 (November 2016). 

15 (c) In conducting lease sales under subsections (a) 

16 and (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall— 

17 (1) issue such leases in accordance with the 

18 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1332 

19 et seq.); and 

20 (2) include in each such lease sale all unleased 

21 areas that are not subject to a moratorium as of the 

22 date of the lease sale. 

23 CONTINUING OFFSHORE ENERGY

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1 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall hold 

2 Lease Sale 262, which shall include offering for leasing 

3 any tracts— 

4 (1) that were offered for leasing under Lease 

5 Sale 259 (as defined in section 50264 of Public Law 

6 117–169); and 

7 (2) for which the Secretary of the Interior did 

8 not issue a lease. 

9 (b) Leases from Lease Sale 262 shall be conveyed 

10 using the same lease form and containing the same lease 

11 terms, economic conditions, and lease stipulations as con12 tained in the Final Notice of Sale for Gulf of Mexico Outer 

13 Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 257 (86 Fed. 

14 Reg. 54728 (Oct 4, 2021)). 

15 EFFECT ON OTHER LAW

16 SEC. 148. Nothing in this Act, or any amendments 

17 made by this Act, shall affect— 

18 (a) the Presidential memorandum titled ‘‘Memo19 randum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United 

20 States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposi21 tion’’ and dated September 8, 2020; 

22 (b) the Presidential memorandum titled ‘‘Memo23 randum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United 

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1 (c) the Presidential memorandum titled ‘‘Memo2 randum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas off the Atlantic 

3 Coast on the Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Dis4 position’’ and dated December 20, 2016; or 

5 (d) the ban on oil and gas development in the Great 

6 Lakes described in section 386 of the Energy Policy Act 

7 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15941). 

8 MARINE MAMMALS

9 SEC. 149. (a) None of the funds made available by 

10 this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 

11 any restriction, stipulation, or mitigation related to off12 shore energy leasing, exploration, development, or produc13 tion carried out pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf 

14 Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) intended to reduce 

15 or eliminate possible disturbance to the North Pacific 

16 right whale (Eubalaena japonica), North Atlantic right 

17 whale (Eubalaena glacialis), or Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera 

18 ricei). 

19 (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to any action re20 quired to comply with a court order in regard to litigation 

21 concerning the document titled ‘‘Biological Opinion on the 

22 Federally Regulated Oil and Gas Program Activities in the 

23 Gulf of Mexico’’ (OPR–2017–00002; March 13, 2020) or 

24 any environmental document required under the National 

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1 seq.) needed for Gulf Of Mexico lease sales, provided that 

2 such actions are necessary to prevent a decrease, reduc3 tion, or prohibition of access to the Gulf of Mexico Outer 

4 Continental Shelf for energy-related activities. 

5 ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING

6 SEC. 150. (a)(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall 

7 immediately resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease 

8 sales in compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 

9 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 

10 (2) The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure— 

11 (A) that any oil and gas lease sale pursuant to 

12 paragraph (1) is conducted immediately on comple13 tion of all applicable scoping, public comment, and 

14 environmental analysis requirements under the Min15 eral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the 

16 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

17 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 

18 (B) that the processes described in subpara19 graph (A) are conducted in a timely manner to en20 sure compliance with subsection (b)(1). 

21 (3) Section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act 

22 (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Eligi23 ble lands comprise all lands subject to leasing under this 

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1 have been designated as open for leasing under a land use 

2 plan developed under section 202 of the Federal Land Pol3 icy and Management Act of 1976 and that have been nom4 inated for leasing through the submission of an expression 

5 of interest, are subject to drainage in the absence of leas6 ing, or are otherwise designated as available pursuant to 

7 regulations adopted by the Secretary.’’ after ‘‘sales are 

8 necessary.’’. 

9 (b)(1) In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act 

10 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), each fiscal year, the Secretary 

11 of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of four oil and 

12 gas lease sales in each of the following States: 

13 (A) Wyoming. 

14 (B) New Mexico. 

15 (C) Colorado. 

16 (D) Utah. 

17 (E) Montana. 

18 (F) North Dakota. 

19 (G) Oklahoma. 

20 (H) Nevada. 

21 (I) Alaska. 

22 (J) Any other State in which there is land 

23 available for oil and gas leasing under the Mineral 

24 Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or any other 

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1 (2) In conducting a lease sale under paragraph (1) 

2 in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary of 

3 the Interior shall offer all parcels nominated and eligible 

4 pursuant to the requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act 

5 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for oil and gas exploration, devel6 opment, and production under the resource management 

7 plan in effect for the State. 

8 (3) The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a re9 placement sale during the same fiscal year if— 

10 (A) a lease sale under paragraph (1) is can11 celed, delayed, or deferred, including for a lack of el12 igible parcels; or 

13 (B) during a lease sale under paragraph (1) the 

14 percentage of acreage that does not receive a bid is 

15 equal to or greater than 25 percent of the acreage 

16 offered. 

17 (4) Not later than 30 days after a sale required under 

18 this subsection is canceled, delayed, deferred, or otherwise 

19 missed the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent21 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Natural Re22 sources of the House of Representatives, and the Com23 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

24 a report that states what sale was missed and why it was 

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1 DOMESTIC MINING

2 SEC. 151. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 

4 recommendation of the Interagency Working Group on 

5 Mining Regulations, Laws, and Permitting of the Depart6 ment of the Interior contained in the report titled ‘‘Rec7 ommendations to Improve Mining on Public Lands’’ (pub8 lished September 12, 2023). 

9 TEN-DAY NOTICES

10 SEC. 152. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

12 final rule titled ‘‘Ten-Day Notices and Corrective Action 

13 for State Regulatory Program Issues’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 

14 24714 (April 9, 2024)). 

15 LEASE CANCELLATIONS IN ALASKA

16 SEC. 153. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used for the cancellation or suspension of oil 

18 and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge or 

19 the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. 

20 NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE IN ALASKA

21 SEC. 154. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

23 final rule titled ‘‘Management and Protection of the Na24 tional Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ and published by the 

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1 May 7, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 38712), or any substantially 

2 similar rule. 

3 TRADEMARK LITIGATION

4 SEC. 155. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to oppose an application for trademark 

6 related to the logo for the Glacier Rough Riders or pursue 

7 litigation or other action against the Glacier Range Riders 

8 for trademark rights infringement related to such logo. 

9 RENEWAL

10 SEC. 156. The first section of Public Law 99-338 

11 (100 Stat. 641) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘3 renewals’’ and inserting ‘‘7 

13 renewals’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘of Southern California Edison 

15 Company’’. 

16 GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR

17 SEC. 157. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

18 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

19 shall reissue the final rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and 

20 Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater 

21 Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From 

22 the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife’’ 

23 (82 Fed. Reg. 30502 (June 30, 2017)), without regard 

24 to any other provision of law that applies to the issuance 

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1 (b) The reissuance of the final rule described in sub2 section (a) (including this section) shall not be subject to 

3 judicial review. 

4 WILDERNESS AREA

5 SEC. 158. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used by the National Park Service to designate 

7 or manage Big Cypress National Preserve as wilderness 

8 or as a component of the National Wilderness Preserva9 tion System. 

10 DECOMMISSIONING ACCOUNT

11 SEC. 159. The matter under the amended heading 

12 ‘‘Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management’’ for the 

13 Minerals Management Service in Public Law 101–512 

14 (104 Stat. 1926, as amended) (43 U.S.C. 1338a), as 

15 amended by section 123 of title I of division E of (Public 

16 Law 118-42), is further amended by striking the fifth 

17 through eighth provisos in their entirety and inserting the 

18 following: ‘‘Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

19 3302 of title 31, United States Code, any moneys here20 after received as a result of the forfeiture of a bond or 

21 other security by an Outer Continental Shelf permittee, 

22 lessee, or right-of-way holder that does not fulfill the re23 quirements of its permit, lease, or right-of-way or does not 

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1 ure or noncompliance, shall be credited to a separate ac2 count established in the Treasury for decommissioning ac3 tivities and shall be available to the Bureau of Ocean En4 ergy Management without further appropriation or fiscal 

5 year limitation to cover the cost to the United States or 

6 any entity conducting any improvement, protection, reha7 bilitation, or decommissioning work rendered necessary by 

8 the action or inaction that led to the forfeiture or bank9 ruptcy distribution or settlement, to remain available until 

10 expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited into 

11 the decommissioning account may be allocated to the Bu12 reau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement for such 

13 costs: Provided further, That any moneys received for such 

14 costs currently held in the Ocean Energy Management ac15 count shall be transferred to the decommissioning account: 

16 Provided further, That only such portion of the moneys 

17 so credited that are in excess of the amount expended in 

18 performing the work necessitated by the action or inaction 

19 which led to their receipt or, if the bond or security was 

20 forfeited for failure to pay the civil penalty, in excess of 

21 the civil penalty imposed shall be returned to the bank22 ruptcy estate, permittee, lessee, or right-of-way holder.’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

3 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

4 For science and technology, including research and 

5 development activities, which shall include research and 

6 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ7 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

8 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 

9 and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 

10 and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 

11 and other operating expenses in support of research and 

12 development, $522,500,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That of the funds included 

14 under this heading, $21,475,000 shall be for Research: 

15 National Priorities as specified in the report accom16 panying this Act. 

17 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

18 For environmental programs and management, in19 cluding necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for 

20 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 

21 passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper22 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member23 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 

24 to members only or at a price to members lower than to 

25 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 


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1 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil2 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im3 plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro4 gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 

5 2016; and not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and 

6 representation expenses, $2,250,445,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That of 

8 the funds included under this heading— 

9 (1) $35,000,000 shall be for Environmental 

10 Protection: National Priorities as specified in the re11 port accompanying this Act; and 

12 (2) $651,226,000 shall be for Geographic Pro13 grams as specified in the report accompanying this 

14 Act. 

15 In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in 

17 section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 

18 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursu19 ant to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA 

20 Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in 

21 fiscal year 2025 shall be retained and used for necessary 

22 salaries and expenses in this appropriation and shall re23 main available until expended: Provided further, That the 

24 sum herein appropriated in this paragraph from the gen25 eral fund for fiscal year 2025 shall be reduced by the 


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1 amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during 

2 fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 

3 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

4 than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 

5 realized from such receipts exceed $9,000,000, those 

6 amounts in excess of $9,000,000 shall be deposited in the 

7 ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting re8 ceipts in fiscal year 2025, shall be retained and used for 

9 necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 

10 remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 

11 the funds included in the first paragraph under this head12 ing, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program 

13 project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the 

14 amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 

15 of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 

16 2014. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

20 General Act of 1978, $43,250,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2026. 

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al24 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 


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1 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

2 $40,676,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen6 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil7 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 

8 (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 

9 maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $661,167,000, to 

10 remain available until expended, consisting of such sums 

11 as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 

12 2024, and not otherwise appropriated from the Trust 

13 Fund, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 

14 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 

15 and up to $661,167,000 as a payment from general reve16 nues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes 

17 as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That 

18 funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated 

19 to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 

20 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds 

21 appropriated under this heading, $13,979,000 shall be 

22 paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2026, and 

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1 nology’’ appropriation to remain available until September 

2 30, 2026. 

3 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

4 PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under6 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub7 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $80,000,000, to 

8 remain available until expended, of which $57,167,000 

9 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 

10 cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 

11 Solid Waste Disposal Act; and $22,833,000 shall be for 

12 carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Dis13 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Rev14 enue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 

15 to use appropriations made available under this heading 

16 to implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

17 Act to provide financial assistance to federally recognized 

18 Indian Tribes for the development and implementation of 

19 programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

20 INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

21 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ22 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

23 Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 

24 operation of aircraft, $19,600,000, to be derived from the 


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1 Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 For environmental programs and infrastructure as5 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv6 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

7 $3,680,203,000, to remain available until expended, of 

8 which— 

9 (1) $1,203,013,000 shall be for making capital10 ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

11 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

12 Control Act; and of which $883,515,000 shall be for 

13 making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 

14 State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 

15 Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That 

16 $553,936,004 of the funds made available for cap17 italization grants for the Clean Water State Revolv18 ing Funds and $479,541,446 of the funds made 

19 available for capitalization grants for the Drinking 

20 Water State Revolving Funds shall be for the con21 struction of drinking water, wastewater, and storm 

22 water infrastructure and for water quality protection 

23 in accordance with the terms and conditions speci24 fied for such grants in the report accompanying this 

25 Act for projects specified for ‘‘STAG—Drinking 


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1 Water State Revolving Fund’’ and ‘‘STAG—Clean 

2 Water State Revolving Fund’’ in the table titled ‘‘In3 terior and Environment Incorporation of Community 

4 Project Funding Items’’ included in the report ac5 companying this Act, and, for purposes of these 

6 grants, each grantee shall contribute not less than 

7 20 percent of the cost of the project unless the 

8 grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency: Pro9 vided further, That the Administrator is authorized 

10 to use up to $1,500,000 of funds made available for 

11 the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under this 

12 heading under title VI of the Federal Water Pollu13 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the 

14 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey: Provided further, 

15 That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Fed16 eral Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on 

17 the amounts in a State water pollution control re18 volving fund that may be used by a State to admin19 ister the fund shall not apply to amounts included 

20 as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal 

21 year 2025 and prior years where such amounts rep22 resent costs of administering the fund to the extent 

23 that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable by 

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1 poses of the fund, including administration: Provided 

2 further, That for fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding 

3 the provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of 

4 section 201 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

5 Act, grants made under title II of such Act for 

6 American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

7 Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Is8 lands, and the District of Columbia may also be 

9 made for the purpose of providing assistance: (1) 

10 solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, 

11 specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

12 project for the construction of treatment works; and 

13 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 

14 privately owned treatment works serving one or 

15 more principal residences or small commercial estab16 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

17 2025, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub18 sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec19 tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

20 Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 

21 under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 

22 Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 

23 (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 

24 plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

25 project for the construction of treatment works; and 


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1 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 

2 privately owned treatment works serving one or 

3 more principal residences or small commercial estab4 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

5 2025, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 

6 Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 

7 pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 

8 funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 

9 under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 

10 for grants for training, technical assistance, and 

11 educational programs relating to the operation and 

12 management of the treatment works specified in sec13 tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 

14 fiscal year 2025, funds reserved under section 

15 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 

16 to Indian Tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of 

17 such Act and former Indian reservations in Okla18 homa (as determined by the Secretary of the Inte19 rior) and Native Villages as defined in Public Law 

20 92–203: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, 

21 notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 

22 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

23 up to a total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, 

24 or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith25 standing the limitation on amounts in section 


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1 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 

2 total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 

3 $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv4 ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 

5 Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 

6 section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 

7 for fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding the amounts 

8 specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol9 lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre10 gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 

11 Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 

12 sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 

13 be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 

14 under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

15 Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 

16 of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 

17 Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2025, 

18 notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 

19 in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

20 up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 

21 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 

22 under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 

23 by the Administrator for grants made under section 

24 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 

25 further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 


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1 under this title to each State for Clean Water State 

2 Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 

3 of the funds made available under this title to each 

4 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap5 italization grants shall be used by the State to pro6 vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 

7 form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 

8 loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 

9 shall be so used by the State only where such funds 

10 are provided as initial financing for an eligible re11 cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 

12 obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 

13 was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 

14 this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 

15 the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 

16 concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 

17 such funds could be used to help address a threat 

18 to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 

19 drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 

20 declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 

21 health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic22 ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact23 ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 

24 in which such an emergency declaration has been 

25 issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 


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1 the funds made available under this title to the 

2 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap3 italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli4 gible recipients: Provided further, That notwith5 standing section 1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o)), the Administrator shall 

7 reserve up to $12,000,000 of the amounts made 

8 available for fiscal year 2025 for making capitaliza9 tion grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 

10 Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregu11 lated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of 

12 such Act: Provided further, That the funds made 

13 available under this heading for Community Project 

14 Funding grants in this or prior appropriations Acts 

15 are not subject to compliance with Federal procure16 ment requirements for competition and methods of 

17 procurement applicable to Federal financial assist18 ance, if a Community Project Funding recipient has 

19 procured services or products through contracts en20 tered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act 

21 that complied with State and/or local laws governing 

22 competition; 

23 (2) $45,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi24 neering, planning, design, construction and related 

25 activities in connection with the construction of high 


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1 priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 

2 of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta3 tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro4 vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 

5 Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit6 ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 

7 United States along the United States-Mexico bor8 der shall be made available to a county or municipal 

9 government unless that government has established 

10 an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 

11 which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 

12 or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 

13 the development within an existing colonia the con14 struction of any new home, business, or other struc15 ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec16 essary infrastructure; 

17 (3) $30,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 

18 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 

19 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil20 lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 

21 of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 

22 no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 

23 for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 

24 the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 

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1 junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 

2 of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 

3 and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas4 ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 

5 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 

6 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

7 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 

8 than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 

9 in regional hub communities; 

10 (4) $90,292,000 shall be to carry out section 

11 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re12 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

13 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree14 ments, and associated program support costs: Pro15 vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 

16 assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 

17 further, That for purposes of this section, the term 

18 ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 

19 has had 20 percent or more of its population living 

20 in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 

21 the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 

22 the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent 

23 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any 

24 territory or possession of the United States; 


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1 (5) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under title 

2 VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 

3 (6) $67,800,000 shall be for targeted airshed 

4 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 

5 in the report accompanying this Act; 

6 (7) $27,500,000 shall be for grants under sub7 sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 

8 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a): Pro9 vided, That for fiscal year 2025, funds provided 

10 under subsections (a) through (j) of such section of 

11 such Act may be used— 

12 (A) by a State to provide assistance to 

13 benefit one or more owners of drinking water 

14 wells that are not public water systems or con15 nected to a public water system for necessary 

16 and appropriate activities related to a contami17 nant pursuant to subsection (j) of such section 

18 of such Act; and 

19 (B) to support a community described in 

20 subsection (c)(2) of such section of such Act; 

21 (8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under sec22 tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

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1 (9) $22,000,000 shall be for grants under sec2 tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 300j–19b); 

4 (10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under sec5 tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 

7 (11) $25,500,000 shall be for grants under sec8 tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con9 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 

10 (12) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under sec11 tion 224 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

12 (33 U.S.C. 1302b); 

13 (13) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under sec14 tion 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

15 (33 U.S.C. 1300); 

16 (14) $41,000,000 shall be for grants under sec17 tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

18 (33 U.S.C. 1301); 

19 (15) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under sec20 tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 

21 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); 

22 (16) $3,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec23 tion 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 

24 4282(a)), of which not more than 2 percent shall be 

25 for administrative costs to carry out such section: 


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1 Provided, That notwithstanding section 302(a) of 

2 such Act, the Administrator may also provide grants 

3 pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia 

4 consistent with the requirements in 40 CFR 

5 35.504(a), to former Indian reservations in Okla6 homa (as determined by the Secretary of the Inte7 rior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Pub8 lic Law 92–203; 

9 (17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under sec10 tion 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 300j–19g); 

12 (18) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec13 tion 2001 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act 

14 of 2018 (Public Law 115–270, 42 U.S.C. 300j–3c 

15 note): Provided, That the Administrator may award 

16 grants to and enter into contracts with Tribes, inter17 tribal consortia, public or private agencies, institu18 tions, organizations, and individuals, without regard 

19 to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 

20 6101 of title 41, United States Code, and enter into 

21 interagency agreements as appropriate; 

22 (19) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under sec23 tion 50217(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and 

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1 (20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under sec2 tion 124 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

3 (33 U.S.C. 1276); and 

4 (21) $1,095,333,000 shall be for grants, includ5 ing associated program support costs, to States, fed6 erally recognized Tribes, interstate agencies, Tribal 

7 consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 

8 multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 

9 control and abatement, and related activities, includ10 ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 

11 under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 

12 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 

13 Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col14 lection activities subject to terms and conditions 

15 specified by the Administrator, and under section 

16 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist 

17 States in developing and implementing programs for 

18 control of coal combustion residuals, of which: 

19 $42,250,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 

20 CERCLA; $7,000,000 shall be for Environmental 

21 Information Exchange Network grants, including as22 sociated program support costs; $1,475,000 shall be 

23 for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 

24 Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 

25 to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 


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1 Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 

2 to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis3 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

4 Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 

5 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,512,000 of the funds 

6 available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 

7 Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par8 ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur9 veys of water resources and enhancements to State 

10 monitoring programs. 

11 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION

12 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar14 anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 

15 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $64,634,000, to re16 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

17 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de18 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

19 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

20 subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di21 rect loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 

22 principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which 

23 is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $12,500,000,000: Pro24 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

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1 direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans for 

2 projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infra3 structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State 

4 infrastructure financing authorities, as authorized by sec5 tion 5033(e) of such Act: Provided further, That the use 

6 of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this 

7 heading for direct loans or commitments to guarantee 

8 loans for any project shall be in accordance with the cri9 teria published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2020 

10 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the 

11 heading ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

12 Program Account’’ in division D of the Further Consoli13 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 

14 Provided further, That none of the direct loans or loan 

15 guarantee authority made available under this heading 

16 shall be available for any project unless the Administrator 

17 and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

18 have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 

19 or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply 

20 with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso: Pro21 vided further, That, for the purposes of carrying out the 

22 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 

23 Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Admin24 istrator shall promptly provide, documentation and infor25 mation relating to a project identified in a Letter of InterVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:26 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8998.RH H8998

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1 est submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice 

2 of Funding Availability for applications for credit assist3 ance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innova4 tion Act Program, including with respect to a project that 

5 was initiated or completed before the date of enactment 

6 of this Act. 

7 In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 

8 to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 

9 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 

10 in this account, to remain available until expended. 

11 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

12 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 

13 section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In14 novation Act of 2014, $7,640,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2026. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL

17 PROTECTION AGENCY

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For fiscal year 2025, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

20 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ21 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

22 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro23 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

24 acceptable Tribal program, may award cooperative agree25 ments to federally recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal 


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1 consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist 

2 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

3 programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, 

4 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award5 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

6 agreements. 

7 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

8 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg9 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

10 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 

11 U.S.C. 136w–8), to remain available until expended. 

12 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In13 secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 

14 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ15 mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 

16 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2025. 

17 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

18 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accord19 ance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2025, to remain avail21 able until expended. 

22 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

23 $368,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 

24 Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ25 mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 


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1 Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 

2 such head, to carry out activities that would support the 

3 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 

4 Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 

5 to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 

6 such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac7 tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non8 profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan9 ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 

10 in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 

11 and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

12 The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro13 grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz14 ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 

15 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail16 able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 

17 and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 

18 not exceed $300,000 per project. 

19 For fiscal year 2025, and notwithstanding section 

20 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

21 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 

22 the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 

23 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian Tribes pursuant 

24 to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 


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1 The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 

2 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro3 grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2025 to provide 

4 grants to implement the Southeast New England Water5 shed Restoration Program. 

6 Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec7 tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

8 Act, not less than $2,500,000 of the funds made available 

9 under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 

10 be for making competitive awards described in section 

11 320(g)(4). 

12 For fiscal year 2025, the Office of Chemical Safety 

13 and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, 

14 using funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Environ15 mental Programs and Management’’ and ‘‘Science and 

16 Technology’’, contract directly with individuals or indi17 rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 

18 regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent 

19 personal services of students or recent graduates, who 

20 shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters 

21 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com22 pensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 

23 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, 

24 but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 

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1 purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 

2 Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may not 

3 exceed $2,000,000. 

4 The Environmental Protection agency shall provide 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and Senate with copies of any available De7 partment of Treasury quarterly certification of trust fund 

8 receipts collected from section 13601 of Public Law 117– 

9 169 and section 80201 of Public Law 117–58, an annual 

10 operating plan for such receipts showing amounts allo11 cated by program area and program project, and quarterly 

12 reports for such receipts of obligated balances by program 

13 area and program project. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

5 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

8 $1,000,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ10 ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

11 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of12 fice. 

13 FOREST SERVICE

14 FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

17 otherwise provided for, $1,035,000,000, to remain avail18 able through September 30, 2028: Provided, That a por19 tion of the funds made available under this heading shall 

20 be for the base salary and expenses of employees in the 

21 Chief’s Office, the Work Environment and Performance 

22 Office, the Business Operations Deputy Area, and the 

23 Chief Financial Officer’s Office to carry out administra24 tive and general management support functions: Provided 

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1 available for the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and 

2 leases for buildings and sites where these administrative, 

3 general management and other Forest Service support 

4 functions take place; the costs of all utility and tele5 communication expenses of the Forest Service, as well as 

6 business services; and, for information technology, includ7 ing cybersecurity requirements: Provided further, That 

8 funds provided under this heading may be used for nec9 essary expenses to carry out administrative and general 

10 management support functions of the Forest Service not 

11 otherwise provided for and necessary for its operation. 

12 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

13 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re14 search as authorized by law, $299,760,000, to remain 

15 available through September 30, 2028: Provided, That of 

16 the funds provided, $32,000,000 is for the forest inventory 

17 and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori18 ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 

19 grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 

20 the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 

21 also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 

22 Science Research. 

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1 tories, possessions, Tribes, and others, and for forest 

2 health management, including for invasive plants, and 

3 conducting an international program and trade activities 

4 as authorized, $282,960,000, to remain available through 

5 September 30, 2028, as authorized by law. 

6 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

7 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

8 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im9 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

10 and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 

11 such lands, $1,866,465,000, to remain available through 

12 September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the funds pro13 vided, $30,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 

14 Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restora15 tion treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Pro16 vided further, That of the funds provided, $43,000,000 

17 shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the 

18 funds provided, $202,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels 

19 management activities, of which not to exceed 

20 $30,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au21 thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State, 

22 Private, and Tribal Forestry’’ appropriation, for the pur23 pose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 

24 from National Forest System lands: Provided further, 

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1 culture to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative 

2 agreements or to issue grants for hazardous fuels manage3 ment activities, and for training or monitoring associated 

4 with such hazardous fuels management activities on Fed5 eral land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary deter6 mines such activities benefit resources on Federal land: 

7 Provided further, That funds made available to implement 

8 the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106– 

9 393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal 

10 lands in accordance with authorities made available to the 

11 Forest Service under the ‘‘State, Private, and Tribal For12 estry’’ appropriation: Provided further, That notwith13 standing section 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant 

14 Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in cal15 culating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, may 

16 provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee 

17 to a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a con18 servation practice approved by the Secretary in advance 

19 of the fiscal year in which the cost of the conservation 

20 practice is incurred, and that the amount credited shall 

21 remain available to the Grazing Association or the direct 

22 permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the 

23 credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter for use on 

24 the project for conservation practices approved by the Sec25 retary: Provided further, That funds appropriated to this 


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1 account shall be available for the base salary and expenses 

2 of employees that carry out the functions funded by the 

3 ‘‘Capital Improvement and Maintenance’’ account, the 

4 ‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account, and the ‘‘Manage5 ment of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses’’ ac6 count. 

7 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

10 otherwise provided for, $157,000,000, to remain available 

11 through September 30, 2028, for construction, capital im12 provement, maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and 

13 other facilities and infrastructure; for construction, recon14 struction, and decommissioning of roads that are no 

15 longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 

16 part of the transportation system; and for maintenance 

17 of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as author18 ized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: 

19 Provided, That $6,000,000 shall be for activities author20 ized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a): Provided further, That funds 

21 becoming available in fiscal year 2025 under the Act of 

22 March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to 

23 the General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be avail24 able for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless 

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1 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

2 ACTS

3 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound4 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 

5 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An6 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 

7 Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 

8 Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 

9 law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 

10 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

11 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 

12 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov13 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au14 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de15 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 

16 Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 

17 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 

18 30, 2028, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 

19 586; Public Law 76–589, Public Law 76–591; and Public 

20 Law 78–310). 

21 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

22 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro23 tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re24 ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do25 mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 


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1 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 

2 Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 

3 2028, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 

4 for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 

5 range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 

6 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

7 RANGELAND RESEARCH

8 For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 

9 $45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2028, 

10 to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 

11 above Act. 

12 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

13 SUBSISTENCE USES

14 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man15 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 

16 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva17 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $1,099,000, to remain 

18 available through September 30, 2028. 

19 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

22 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

23 wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 

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1 tem lands and water, $2,407,735,000, to remain available 

2 until expended: Provided, That such funds, including un3 obligated balances under this heading, are available for re4 payment of advances from other appropriations accounts 

5 previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

6 That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fis7 cal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans8 ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided 

9 further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 

10 State and other cooperating entities for services provided 

11 in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters 

12 to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 

13 for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 

14 emergency management agency: Provided further, That 

15 funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 

16 emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of 

17 implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed18 eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be 

19 shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro20 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head21 ing, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppres22 sion operations, and is provided to meet the terms of sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 

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1 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 In addition to the amounts provided under the head4 ing ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 

5 Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression oper6 ations, $2,390,000,000, to remain available until trans7 ferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 

8 purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget 

9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 

10 That such amounts may be transferred to and merged 

11 with amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Depart12 ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs— 

13 Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of Agri14 culture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ for 

15 wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in which 

16 such amounts are transferred: Provided further, That 

17 amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Man18 agement’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or 

19 the Department of Agriculture only upon the notification 

20 of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

21 that all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated 

22 under that heading in this and prior appropriations Acts 

23 to the agency to which the funds will be transferred will 

24 be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That the 

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1 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Pro2 vided further, That, in determining whether all wildfire 

3 suppression operations funds appropriated under the 

4 heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and prior 

5 appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agri6 culture or the Department of the Interior will be obligated 

7 within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 

8 funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursuant 

9 to any other transfer authority provided by law shall be 

10 excluded. 

11 COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec14 tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

15 2018 (Public Law 115–334), shall be deposited in the spe16 cial account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, 

17 shall be available to cover the costs described in subsection 

18 (c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain avail19 able until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall 

20 be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

24 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 

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1 from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 

2 lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 

3 to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 

4 wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 

5 notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 

6 being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 

7 trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

8 replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

9 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 

10 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 

11 buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 

12 (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur13 suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 

14 Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 

15 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 

16 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col17 lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

18 Funds made available to the Forest Service in this 

19 Act may be transferred between accounts affected by the 

20 Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 

21 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

22 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided, That any 

23 transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not in24 crease or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 

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1 ther, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 

2 other transfer authority provided by law. 

3 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 

4 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage5 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re6 habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 

7 under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 

8 burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s no9 tification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro10 priations that all fire suppression funds appropriated 

11 under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be 

12 obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used 

13 pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a sup14 plemental appropriation which must be requested as 

15 promptly as possible. 

16 Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 

17 the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 

18 transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 

19 fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 

20 fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 

21 expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 

23 Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis24 cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 

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1 or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz2 ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 

3 burned-over National Forest System lands and water: Pro4 vided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 

5 through September 30, 2028: Provided further, That none 

6 of the funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall 

7 be available for obligation without written notification to 

8 and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria9 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

10 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

11 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter12 national Development in connection with forest and range13 land research, technical information, and assistance in for14 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

15 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

16 States and its territories and possessions, including tech17 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

18 with United States government, private sector, and inter19 national organizations: Provided, That the Forest Service, 

20 acting for the International Program, may sign direct 

21 funding agreements with foreign governments and institu22 tions as well as other domestic agencies (including the 

23 U.S. Agency for International Development, the Depart24 ment of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora25 tion), United States private sector firms, institutions and 


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1 organizations to provide technical assistance and training 

2 programs on forestry and rangeland management: Pro3 vided further, That to maximize effectiveness of domestic 

4 and international research and cooperation, the Inter5 national Program may utilize all authorities related to for6 estry, research, and cooperative assistance regardless of 

7 program designations. 

8 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

9 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 

10 of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 

11 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 

12 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform13 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 

14 such lands. 

15 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv16 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 

17 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 

18 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

19 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 

20 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

21 Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

22 Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 

23 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

24 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

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1 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De2 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 

3 as Greenbook charges: Provided, That nothing in this 

4 paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 

5 agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to 

6 obtain information technology services, including tele7 communications and system modifications or enhance8 ments, from the Working Capital Fund of the Department 

9 of Agriculture. 

10 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 

11 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 

12 the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 

13 out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 

14 out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 

15 of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 

16 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 

17 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 

18 reception and representation expenses. 

19 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 

20 Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 

21 up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 

22 National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner23 ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 

24 without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 

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1 lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 

2 That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda3 tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin4 istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 

5 shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 

6 assistance, private contributions to match funds made 

7 available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 

8 basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 

9 Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 

10 a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 

11 the non-Federal matching funds. 

12 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 

13 up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 

14 Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 

15 Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 

16 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 

17 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

18 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 

19 shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

20 Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 

21 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 

22 or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 

23 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

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1 Any amounts made available to the Forest Service 

2 in this fiscal year, including available collections, may be 

3 used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 

4 Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into Federal financial 

5 assistance grants and cooperative agreements to support 

6 forest or grassland collaboratives in the accomplishment 

7 of activities benefitting both the public and the National 

8 Forest System, Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal 

9 lands. Eligible activities are those that will improve or en10 hance Federal investments, resources, or lands, including 

11 for collaborative and collaboration-based activities, includ12 ing but not limited to facilitation, planning, and imple13 menting projects, technical assistance, administrative 

14 functions, operational support, participant costs, and 

15 other capacity support needs, as identified by the Forest 

16 Service. Eligible recipients are Indian Tribal entities (de17 fined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government, local gov18 ernments, private and nonprofit entities, for-profit organi19 zations, and educational institutions. The Secretary of Ag20 riculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 

21 may enter into such cooperative agreements notwith22 standing chapter 63 of title 31 when the Secretary deter23 mines that the public interest will be benefited and that 

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1 Federal Regulations shall be publicly advertised and re2 quire competition when required by such Title 2. For those 

3 transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal 

4 Regulations, the agency may require public advertising 

5 and competition when deemed appropriate. The term ‘‘for6 est and grassland collaboratives’’ means groups of individ7 uals or entities with diverse interests participating in a 

8 cooperative process to share knowledge, ideas, and re9 sources about the protection, restoration, or enhancement 

10 of natural and other resources on Federal and adjacent 

11 non-Federal lands, the improvement or maintenance of 

12 public access to Federal lands, or the reduction of risk 

13 to such lands caused by natural disasters. 

14 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service under the 

15 headings ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Forest and 

16 Rangeland Research’’ may be used for fiscal year 2024 

17 and fiscal year 2025 expenses associated with primary and 

18 secondary schooling for dependents of agency personnel 

19 stationed in Puerto Rico, who are subject to transfer and 

20 reassignment to other locations in the United States, at 

21 a cost not in excess of those authorized for the Depart22 ment of Defense for the same area, when it is determined 

23 by the Chief of the Forest Service that public schools 

24 available in the locality are unable to provide adequately 

25 for the education of such dependents: Provided, That the 


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1 Congress hereby ratifies and approves payments for such 

2 purposes to agency employees stationed in Puerto Rico 

3 made by the Forest Service after August 2, 2005, in ac4 cordance with the 19th unnumbered paragraph under the 

5 heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest Service’’ in 

6 title III of Public Law 109-54, as amended. 

7 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

8 available for interactions with and providing technical as9 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

10 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

11 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

12 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

13 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

14 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

15 663. 

16 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 

17 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec18 tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

19 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

20 The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur21 pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 

22 maintenance and decommissioning. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 

24 appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 

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1 fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri2 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re3 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

4 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 

5 reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters 

6 unrelated to civil litigation: Provided, That future budget 

7 justifications for both the Forest Service and the Depart8 ment of Agriculture should clearly display the sums pre9 viously transferred and the sums requested for transfer. 

10 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

11 funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

12 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 

13 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 

14 purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

15 The Forest Service may employ or contract with an 

16 individual who is enrolled in a training program at a long17 standing Civilian Conservation Center (as defined in sec18 tion 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

19 Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for nec20 essary hours of work on National Forest System lands. 

21 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

22 available to pay, from a single account, the base salary 

23 and expenses of employees who carry out functions funded 

24 by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial 

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1 source Manager, Job Corps, and National Technology and 

2 Development Program. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

4 SERVICES 

5 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

6 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au8 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina9 tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 

10 Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 

11 Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv12 ice, $440,282,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2026, except as otherwise provided herein, which shall be 

14 in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 

15 heading that became available on October 1, 2024; in ad16 dition, $150,472,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2026, for the Electronic Health Record System and 

18 the Indian Healthcare Improvement Fund, of which 

19 $75,472,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement 

20 Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 

21 typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities ac22 count; and, in addition, $5,124,311,000, which shall be23 come available on October 1, 2025, and remain available 

24 through September 30, 2027, except as otherwise provided 

25 herein; together with payments received during the fiscal 


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1 year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public 

2 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for serv3 ices furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, 

4 That funds made available to Tribes and Tribal organiza5 tions through contracts, grant agreements, or any other 

6 agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-De7 termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

8 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time 

9 of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain 

10 available to the Tribe or Tribal organization without fiscal 

11 year limitation: Provided further, That from the amounts 

12 that become available on October 1, 2025, $2,500,000 

13 shall be available for grants or contracts with public or 

14 private institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment 

15 services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification serv16 ices: Provided further, That from the amounts that become 

17 available on October 1, 2025, $1,048,804,000 shall remain 

18 available until expended for Purchased/Referred Care: 

19 Provided further, That of the total amount specified in the 

20 preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred Care, 

21 $54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic Health 

22 Emergency Fund: Provided further, That from the 

23 amounts that become available on October 1, 2025, up to 

24 $51,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im25 plementation of the loan repayment program under section 


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1 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 

2 further, That from the amounts that become available on 

3 October 1, 2025, $58,000,000, to remain available until 

4 expended, shall be for costs related to or resulting from 

5 accreditation emergencies, including supplementing activi6 ties funded under the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’, 

7 of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement 

8 amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care: 

9 Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Fed10 eral Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 

11 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 

12 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for 

13 breach of contracts shall be deposited in the Fund author14 ized by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and 

15 shall remain available until expended and, notwithstanding 

16 section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds 

17 shall be available to make new awards under the loan re18 payment and scholarship programs under sections 104 

19 and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Pro20 vided further, That the amounts made available within this 

21 account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 

22 Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 

23 Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 

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1 grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans2 formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 

3 Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 

4 quality and oversight activities, to improve collections from 

5 public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 

6 Tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or re7 duce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal 

8 health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of 

9 Excellence, for Alzheimer’s activities, for Village Built 

10 Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accredita11 tion emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the 

12 Director of the Indian Health Service and shall remain 

13 available until expended: Provided further, That funds pro14 vided in this Act may be used for annual contracts and 

15 grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total 

16 obligation is recorded in the year the funds are appro17 priated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 

18 the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the 

19 authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improve20 ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 

21 expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 

22 applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 

23 XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related 

24 to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: 

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1 arship programs under the Indian Health Care Improve2 ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 

3 expended: Provided further, That amounts received by 

4 Tribes and Tribal organizations under title IV of the In5 dian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and 

6 accounted for and available to the receiving Tribes and 

7 Tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, 

8 That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the 

9 Indian Health Service, and from Tribes and Tribal organi10 zations operating health facilities pursuant to Public Law 

11 93–638, such individually identifiable health information 

12 relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the 

13 purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individuals 

14 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): 

15 Provided further, That none of the funds provided that be16 come available on October 1, 2025, may be used for imple17 mentation of the Electronic Health Record System or the 

18 Indian Health Care Improvement Fund: Provided further, 

19 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or any 

20 other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic 

21 Health Record system shall be available for obligation or 

22 expenditure for the selection or implementation of a new 

23 Information Technology infrastructure system, unless the 

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1 atives and the Senate are consulted 90 days in advance 

2 of such obligation. 

3 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

4 For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 

5 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter6 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

7 the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2025, such sums 

8 as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

9 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

10 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

11 budget account: Provided further, That amounts obligated 

12 but not expended by a Tribe or Tribal organization for 

13 contract support costs for such agreements for the current 

14 fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs due 

15 for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years. 

16 PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES

17 For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for 

18 leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter19 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

20 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2025, such sums as may be nec21 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep22 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

24 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

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1 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

2 For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, 

3 improvement, and equipment of health and related auxil4 iary facilities, including quarters for personnel; prepara5 tion of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of 

6 sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 

7 purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and 

8 community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized 

9 by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 

10 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination Act, and the In11 dian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses nec12 essary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the 

13 Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental 

14 health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 

15 Service, $344,010,000, to remain available until expended, 

16 which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 

17 under this heading that became available on October 1, 

18 2024; in addition, $850,864,000, which shall become 

19 available on October 1, 2025, and remain available until 

20 expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other pro21 vision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, 

22 construction, renovation, or expansion of health facilities 

23 for the benefit of an Indian Tribe or Tribes may be used 

24 to purchase land on which such facilities will be located: 

25 Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be 


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1 used for fiscal year 2026 by the Indian Health Service 

2 to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department 

3 of Defense for distribution to the Indian Health Service 

4 and Tribal facilities: Provided further, That none of the 

5 funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be 

6 used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes 

7 funded with grants by the housing programs of the United 

8 States Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

10 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 

11 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 

12 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 

13 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 

14 positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 

15 vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur16 chase of reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of 

17 modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 

18 payments for telephone service in private residences in the 

19 field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 

20 Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or al21 lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

22 and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 

23 the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 

24 Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 

25 Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 


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1 may be extended health care at all Tribally administered 

2 or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 

3 the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 

4 Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 

5 be credited to the account of the facility providing the 

6 service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 

7 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 

8 regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 

9 Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 

10 Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 

11 the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 

12 638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In13 dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad14 ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 

15 subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 

16 and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 

17 funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 

18 Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 

19 Department of Health and Human Services unless such 

20 assessments or charges are identified in the budget jus21 tification and provided in this Act, or approved by the 

22 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through 

23 the reprogramming process: Provided further, That not24 withstanding any other provision of law, funds previously 

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1 through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 

2 title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and 

3 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450et seq.), 

4 may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination 

5 contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement 

6 under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain avail7 able to the Tribe or Tribal organization without fiscal year 

8 limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

9 available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall 

10 be used to implement the final rule published in the Fed11 eral Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department 

12 of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility 

13 for the health care services of the Indian Health Service 

14 until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget 

15 request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 

16 proposed final rule, and such request has been included 

17 in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 

18 further, That with respect to functions transferred by the 

19 Indian Health Service to Tribes or Tribal organizations, 

20 the Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods 

21 and services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, in22 cluding payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, 

23 and the reimbursements received therefrom, along with 

24 the funds received from those entities pursuant to the In25 dian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same 


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1 or subsequent appropriation account from which the funds 

2 were originally derived, with such amounts to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided further, That reim4 bursements for training, technical assistance, or services 

5 provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total 

6 costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead costs 

7 associated with the provision of goods, services, or tech8 nical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian Health 

9 Service may provide to civilian medical personnel serving 

10 in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service housing 

11 allowances equivalent to those that would be provided to 

12 members of the Commissioned Corps of the United States 

13 Public Health Service serving in similar positions at such 

14 hospitals: Provided further, That the appropriation struc15 ture for the Indian Health Service may not be altered 

16 without advance notification to the House and Senate 

17 Committees on Appropriations. 

18 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

20 SCIENCES

21 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

22 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

23 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ24 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

25 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 


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1 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

2 $75,000,000. 

3 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

4 REGISTRY

5 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

6 HEALTH

7 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub8 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

9 activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 

10 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

11 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 

12 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $76,000,000: Provided, 

13 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 

14 of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 

15 of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 

16 other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 

17 including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 

18 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 

19 healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 

20 any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 

21 or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 

22 bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 

23 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro24 priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 

25 to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 


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1 section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2025, and 

2 existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

3 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

4 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

5 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

6 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

7 For necessary expenses to continue functions as8 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 

9 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi10 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

11 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

12 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

13 and representation expenses, $1,000,000: Provided, That 

14 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ15 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

16 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 

17 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

18 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

19 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur22 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 

23 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there24 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, rental of space, 

25 and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates 


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1 for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 

2 the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 

3 5 U.S.C. 5376, $13,824,000: Provided, That the Chemical 

4 Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have 

5 not more than three career Senior Executive Service posi6 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, the individual appointed to the position 

8 of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 

9 Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 

10 hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Pro11 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize per13 sonnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in per14 forming the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, 

15 and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within 

16 the Board. 

17 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

20 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

21 531, $3,060,000, to remain available until expended, 

22 which shall be derived from unobligated balances from 

23 prior year appropriations available under this heading: 

24 Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro25 priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals 


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1 and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti2 tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 

3 housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in4 cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That 

5 none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may 

6 be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca7 tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as 

8 of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the 

9 lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re10 placement home is provided for such household: Provided 

11 further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than 

12 one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the 

13 Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who 

14 have selected and received an approved homesite on the 

15 Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off 

16 the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant 

17 to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 

18 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

19 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

20 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

21 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

22 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author23 ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 

24 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,125,000, which shall become 


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1 available on July 1, 2025, and shall remain available until 

2 September 30, 2026. 

3 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu6 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 

7 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 

8 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 

9 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 

10 dissemination, and exchange of information and publica11 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist12 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 

13 agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 

14 buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 

15 $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 

16 purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em17 ployees, $837,802,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided herein; of 

19 which not to exceed $27,000,000 for the instrumentation 

20 program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 

21 Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, Na22 tional Museum of the American Latino, and the repatri23 ation of skeletal remains program shall remain available 

24 until expended; and including such funds as may be nec25 essary to support American overseas research centers: 


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1 Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for 

2 advance payments to independent contractors performing 

3 research services or participating in official Smithsonian 

4 presentations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian In5 stitution may expend Federal appropriations designated in 

6 this Act for lease or rent payments, as rent payable to 

7 the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may 

8 be deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution 

9 to be available as trust funds for expenses associated with 

10 the purchase of a portion of the building at 600 Maryland 

11 Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, to the extent that federally 

12 supported activities will be housed there: Provided further, 

13 That the use of such amounts in the general trust funds 

14 of the Institution for such purpose shall not be construed 

15 as Federal debt service for, a Federal guarantee of, a 

16 transfer of risk to, or an obligation of the Federal Govern17 ment: Provided further, That no appropriated funds may 

18 be used directly to service debt which is incurred to fi19 nance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 

20 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of plan21 ning, designing, and constructing improvements to such 

22 building: Provided further, That any agreement entered 

23 into by the Smithsonian Institution for the sale of its own24 ership interest, or any portion thereof, in such building 

25 so acquired may not take effect until the expiration of a 


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1 30 day period which begins on the date on which the Sec2 retary of the Smithsonian submits to the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen4 ate, the Committees on House Administration and Trans5 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa6 tives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of 

7 the Senate a report, as outlined in the explanatory state8 ment described in section 4 of the Further Consolidated 

9 Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 

10 2536) on the intended sale. 

11 FACILITIES CAPITAL

12 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

13 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso14 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 

15 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 

16 and for construction, including necessary personnel, 

17 $121,913,000, to remain available until expended, of 

18 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au19 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

20 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal23 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

24 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 

25 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 


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1 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 

2 (Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services 

3 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when 

4 authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership 

5 in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 

6 publications or services are available to members only, or 

7 to members at a price lower than to the general public; 

8 purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 

9 uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as 

10 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or 

11 rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and 

12 contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improve13 ment, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 

14 and purchase of services for restoration and repair of 

15 works of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts 

16 made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or or17 ganizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 

18 and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, 

19 $171,050,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2026. 

21 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and 

24 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 

25 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 


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1 otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 

2 10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 

3 renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 

4 $17,266,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That of this amount, $5,651,000 shall be available 

6 for the completion of an off-site art storage facility in 

7 partnership with the Smithsonian Institution and may be 

8 transferred to the Smithsonian Institution for such pur9 poses: Provided further, That contracts awarded for envi10 ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair 

11 or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art 

12 may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded 

13 on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 

14 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

15 ARTS

16 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

17 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte18 nance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 

19 the Performing Arts, $32,000,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2026. 

21 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

22 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora23 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 

24 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

25 $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

2 SCHOLARS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

5 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

6 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

7 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,000,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2026. 

9 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

10 HUMANITIES

11 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

12 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

14 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

15 $203,895,000 shall be available to the National Endow16 ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc17 tions in the arts, including arts education and public out18 reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 

19 individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 

20 support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 

21 to remain available until expended. 

22 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

23 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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1 $203,895,000, to remain available until expended, of 

2 which $195,645,000 shall be available for support of ac3 tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 

4 Act and for administering the functions of the Act; and 

5 $8,250,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 

6 grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 

7 including $6,250,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 

8 Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 

9 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 

10 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 

11 bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 

12 by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow13 ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 

14 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre15 ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre16 viously been appropriated. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 None of the funds appropriated to the National 

19 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 

20 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 

21 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 

22 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

23 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re24 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

25 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 


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1 necessary for official reception and representation ex2 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na3 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 

4 to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 

5 does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 

6 grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 

7 such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 

8 of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 

9 the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

10 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 

13 chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,600,000: 

14 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 

15 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 

16 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col17 lection, to remain available until expended without further 

18 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 

19 authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art20 work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 

21 and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac22 tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 

23 of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 

24 That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 


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1 this heading may be used for official reception and rep2 resentation expenses. 

3 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

4 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

5 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $4,950,000. 

6 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 

9 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,375,000. 

10 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan13 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 

14 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

15 3109, $8,700,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per16 cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

17 for official reception and representational expenses associ18 ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 

19 planning and physical development of world capitals. 

20 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

21 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

22 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

23 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 

24 2310), $65,231,000, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2026, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 


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1 September 30, 2027, for the Museum’s equipment replace2 ment program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Museum’s 

3 repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the 

4 Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain avail5 able until expended. 

6 UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the United States 

9 Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate 

10 observances and activities associated with the 250th anni11 versary of the founding of the United States, as authorized 

12 by Public Law 116–282, the technical amendments to 

13 Public Law 114–196, $15,000,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2026. 


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1 TITLE IV 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

5 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica7 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

8 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

9 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 

10 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

11 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

12 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

13 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over18 head charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including 

19 working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, ac20 tivities and subactivities to support government-wide, de21 partmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or 

22 headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be pre23 sented in annual budget justifications and subject to ap24 proval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

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1 mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria2 tions for approval. 

3 MINING APPLICATIONS

4 SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

5 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

6 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 

7 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 

8 site claim located under the general mining laws. 

9 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

10 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

11 concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec12 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re13 quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 

14 the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 

15 lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 

16 Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 

17 claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 

18 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 

19 fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 

20 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2026, the Secretary 

21 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

23 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 

24 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 

25 by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 


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1 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re2 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 

3 104–208). 

4 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

5 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

6 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 

7 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 

8 third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 

9 Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam10 ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 

11 patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu12 reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi13 bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac14 cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 

15 Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third16 party contractors. 

17 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

18 SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 

19 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

20 2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis21 cal year 2025. 

22 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2025

23 LIMITATION

24 SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 

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1 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 

2 Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 

3 Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup4 port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 

5 support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov6 ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 

7 agreements for fiscal year 2025 with the Bureau of Indian 

8 Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 

9 Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 

10 this Act are not available for payment of claims for con11 tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 

12 payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 

13 support costs for prior years. 

14 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

15 SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

16 considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the 

17 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 

18 of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 

19 than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan 

20 for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this 

21 section exempts the Secretary from any other requirement 

22 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan23 ning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Pro24 vided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and 

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1 for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 

2 be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 

3 jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accel4 erated basis. 

5 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

6 SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex7 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

8 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

9 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

10 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu11 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 

12 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 

13 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

14 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu15 ment. 

16 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

17 SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

18 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 

19 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec20 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 

21 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap22 propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 

23 to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na24 tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 

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1 Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur2 poses. 

3 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

4 SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen6 cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 

7 such contract is entered into in accordance with the re8 quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 

9 or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

10 Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 

11 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con12 tract to be entered into without regard for these re13 quirements, including formula grants for States, or 

14 federally recognized Indian Tribes; 

15 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 

16 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

17 (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by 

18 any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 

19 contract within an Indian Tribe as defined in section 

20 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or 

21 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 

22 of enactment of this Act. 

23 POSTING OF REPORTS

24 SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail25 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 


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1 post on the public website of that agency any report re2 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

3 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen4 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

5 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

6 (1) the public posting of the report com7 promises national security; or 

8 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

9 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

10 do so only after such report has been made available to 

11 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

12 no less than 45 days. 

13 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT

14 GUIDELINES

15 SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En16 dowment for the Arts— 

17 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 

18 to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in19 dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit20 age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow21 ship. 

22 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 

23 to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 

24 except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 

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1 any other organization or individual to conduct ac2 tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 

3 Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 

4 made in exchange for goods and services. 

5 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 

6 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 

7 contents of the season, including identified programs 

8 or projects. 

9 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM

10 PRIORITIES

11 SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi12 nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 

13 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro14 priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 

15 Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 

16 to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 

17 projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 

18 underserved populations. 

19 (b) In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 

21 a population of individuals, including urban minori22 ties, who have historically been outside the purview 

23 of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 

24 as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 

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1 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 

2 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 

3 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec4 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 

6 the size involved. 

7 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as8 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 

9 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 

10 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 

11 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv12 ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc13 tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 

14 knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 

15 the arts. 

16 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

17 section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu18 manities Act of 1965— 

19 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat20 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro21 grams that are of national impact or availability or 

22 are able to tour several States; 

23 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex24 ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 


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1 to any single State, excluding grants made under the 

2 authority of paragraph (1); 

3 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con4 gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 

5 the Chairperson in each grant category under sec6 tion 5 of such Act; and 

7 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 

8 grants to improve and support community-based 

9 music performance and education. 

10 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

11 SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Envi12 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 

13 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen15 ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro16 priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob17 ligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days 

18 of enactment of this Act. 

19 EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

20 SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 

21 of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz22 ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 

23 subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 

24 Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 

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1 FUNDING PROHIBITION

2 SEC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in 

3 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

4 network unless such network is designed to block access 

5 to pornography websites. 

6 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

7 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

8 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

9 criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi10 ties. 

11 HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

12 SEC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 

14 administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the 

15 Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land adminis16 tered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as 

17 the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 

18 horses and burros that have been removed from land ad19 ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 

20 State, and local government agencies for use as work ani21 mals. 

22 (b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 

23 under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed24 eral, State, or local government agency. 


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1 (c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 

2 subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming 

3 horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 

4 195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 

5 and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 

6 (d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re7 ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub8 section (a) shall not— 

9 (1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 

10 results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 

11 a commercial product; 

12 (2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 

13 in a manner that results in the destruction of the 

14 horse or burro for processing into a commercial 

15 product; or 

16 (3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 

17 recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 

18 of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 

19 (e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 

20 available for— 

21 (1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 

22 and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 

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1 (2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 

2 in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for 

3 processing into a commercial product. 

4 FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND

5 ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

6 SEC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 

7 U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep8 tember 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

9 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

10 SEC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 

11 by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au12 thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 

14 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

15 water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 

16 steel products used in the project are produced in the 

17 United States. 

18 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 

19 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

20 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

21 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

22 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein23 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

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1 mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 

2 the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 

3 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon4 sistent with the public interest; 

5 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

6 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail7 able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 

8 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro9 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

10 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

11 (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv12 er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail13 able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re14 quest and information available to the Administrator con15 cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 

16 input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 

17 a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 

18 make the request and accompanying information available 

19 by electronic means, including on the official public Inter20 net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

21 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con22 sistent with United States obligations under international 

23 agreements. 

24 (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 

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1 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 

2 the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage3 ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

4 LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS5 FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR

6 WILDFIRES

7 SEC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 

8 to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol9 unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 

10 fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 

11 provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 

12 supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding sec13 tion 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 

14 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 

15 authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the 

16 Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry 

17 out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire man18 agement program to such organizations. 

19 RECREATION FEES

20 SEC. 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre21 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 

22 by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2026’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

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1 REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

2 SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 

4 without the advance approval of the House and Senate 

5 Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re6 programming procedures contained in the report accom7 panying this Act. 

8 LOCAL CONTRACTORS

9 SEC. 423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 

10 112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ 

11 for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

12 SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY

13 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

14 SEC. 424. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 

15 110–161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied 

16 by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

17 INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

18 SEC. 425. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 

19 113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by sub20 stituting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

21 2019’’. 

22 FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION

23 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

24 SEC. 426. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte25 rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 


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1 enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 

2 note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 

3 108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap4 plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 

5 2019’’. 

6 TRIBAL LEASES

7 SEC. 427. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

8 of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of 

9 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

10 Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall com11 mence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease pro12 posal. 

13 (b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and 

14 Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal 

15 year 2025 consult with Tribes and Tribal organizations 

16 through public solicitation and other means regarding the 

17 requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian 

18 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

19 U.S.C. 5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and 

20 transparent process for the payment of such leases. 

21 FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

22 SEC. 428. The authority provided under the heading 

23 ‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title 

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1 stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2025’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ each 

2 place it appears. 

3 ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND PUB4 LIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND AND LAND

5 AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

6 SEC. 429. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

7 Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts 

8 made available from the National Parks and Public Land 

9 Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant 

10 to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United 

11 States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such sec12 tion of such title, to the agencies of the Department of 

13 the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, 

14 in the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names 

15 specified, and for the projects and activities specified in 

16 the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks and 

17 Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ 

18 in the report accompanying this Act. 

19 (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, 

21 as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for 

22 expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

23 for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 

24 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies 

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1 the projects and activities specified in the table titled ‘‘Al2 location of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund 

3 Fiscal Year 2025’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

4 (b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) 

5 of this section, neither the President nor his designee may 

6 allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

7 year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, 

8 United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 

9 of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts 

10 and for projects and activities that are allocated by sub11 sections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, That 

12 in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso shall 

13 not apply to the allocation of amounts for continuing ad14 ministration of programs allocated funds from the Na15 tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund 

16 or the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which may 

17 be allocated only in amounts that are no more than the 

18 allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and 

19 (a)(2) of this section. 

20 (c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 

21 of Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s 

22 ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line in the table titled ‘‘Allocation 

23 of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res24 toration Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ to any project funded 

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1 tion Fund within the same agency, from any fiscal year, 

2 that experienced a funding deficiency due to unforeseen 

3 cost overruns, in accordance with the following require4 ments: 

5 (1) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 

6 reallocated if there is a risk to project completion re7 sulting from unforeseen cost overruns; 

8 (2) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be 

9 reallocated for cost of adjustments and changes 

10 within the original scope of effort for projects fund11 ed by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy 

12 Restoration Fund; and 

13 (3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Sec14 retary of Agriculture must provide written notifica15 tion to the Committees on Appropriations 30 days 

16 before taking any actions authorized by this sub17 section if the amount reallocated from the ‘‘Contin18 gency Fund’’ line for a project is projected to be 10 

19 percent or greater than the following, as applicable: 

20 (A) The amount allocated to that project 

21 in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: Na22 tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora23 tion Fund Fiscal Year 2025’’ in the report ac24 companying this Act; or 


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1 (B) The initial estimate in the most recent 

2 report submitted, prior to enactment of this 

3 Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pur4 suant to section 430(e) of division E of the 

5 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public 

6 Law 118–42). 

7 (d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 

8 of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 

9 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub10 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for 

12 the projects in the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects 

13 to Congress’’ required by section 200402(h) of title 54, 

14 United States Code: Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of 

15 Annual List of Projects to Congress’’ must include a 

16 ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line for each agency within the allo17 cations defined in subsection (e) of section 200402 of title 

18 54, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 

19 event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for 

20 the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 

21 Fund are no longer needed to complete a specified project, 

22 such amounts may be reallocated in such submission to 

23 that agency’s ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line: Provided further, 

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1 a previously approved project must be clearly identified 

2 in such submission. 

3 (2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 

4 of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 

5 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub6 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary 

8 allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 

9 Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and 

10 Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and 

11 the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the ‘‘Sub12 mission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 

13 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that are 

14 prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, 

15 and that total no less than half the full amount allocated 

16 to each account for that land management Agency under 

17 the allocations submitted under section 200303(c)(1) of 

18 title 54, United States Code: Provided, That in the event 

19 amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant 

20 to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United 

21 States Code are no longer needed because a project has 

22 been completed or can no longer be executed, such 

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1 (B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 

2 projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required 

3 by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, 

4 and on the list of supplementary allocations required by 

5 subparagraph (A) shall be comprised only of projects for 

6 which a willing seller has been identified and for which 

7 an appraisal or market research has been initiated. 

8 (C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 

9 of the President for fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of the 

10 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each sub11 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

12 of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets in 

13 the same format and containing the same level of detailed 

14 information that is found on such sheets in the Budget 

15 Justifications annually submitted by the Department of 

16 the Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects 

17 in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 

18 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and in the 

19 same format and containing the same level of detailed in20 formation that is found on such sheets submitted to the 

21 Committees pursuant to section 427 of division D of the 

22 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 

23 Law 116–94) for the list of supplementary allocations re24 quired by subparagraph (A). 


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1 (e) The Department of the Interior and the Depart2 ment of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 

4 quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and 

5 activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land 

6 Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 

7 to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of bal8 ances of projects and activities funded by the Land and 

9 Water Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant 

10 to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all uncom11 mitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for 

12 amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this 

13 section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restora14 tion Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) 

15 of this section. 

16 POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY

17 SEC. 430. To support the key role that forests in the 

18 United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 

19 the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 

20 of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ21 mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis22 sions, jointly— 

23 (1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 

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1 (A) is consistent across all Federal depart2 ments and agencies; and 

3 (B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 

4 of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 

5 responsible forest management; and 

6 (2) establish clear and simple policies for the 

7 use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ8 ing policies that— 

9 (A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest 

10 bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 

11 energy source, provided the use of forest bio12 mass for energy production does not cause con13 version of forests to non-forest use; 

14 (B) encourage private investment through15 out the forest biomass supply chain, including 

16 in— 

17 (i) working forests; 

18 (ii) harvesting operations; 

19 (iii) forest improvement operations; 

20 (iv) forest bioenergy production; 

21 (v) wood products manufacturing; or 

22 (vi) paper manufacturing; 

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1 (D) recognize State initiatives to produce 

2 and use forest biomass. 

3 SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS

4 SEC. 431. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 

6 issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 

7 CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of 

8 Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ 

9 units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regula10 tion is issued, the Administrator shall implement the law 

11 and regulations in effect prior to such date. 

12 TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

13 SEC. 432. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 

14 be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 

15 the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 

16 and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 

17 allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 

18 when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west19 ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 

20 to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 

21 be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 

22 48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi23 tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con24 tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex25 ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 


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1 holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 

2 export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 

3 TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINIS4 TRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC

5 LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND

6 SEC. 433. Funds made available or allocated in this 

7 Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 

8 of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limi9 tations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 

10 U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated 

11 to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 

12 projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 

13 200401(2). 

14 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

15 SEC. 434. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 

17 other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 

18 regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 

19 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 

20 dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 

21 resulting from biological processes associated with live22 stock production. 

23 GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

24 SEC. 435. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 

2 if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green3 house gas emissions from manure management systems. 

4 FUNDING PROHIBITION

5 SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 

6 or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 

7 of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 

8 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 

9 et seq.) or any other law. 

10 FIREFIGHTER PAY CAP

11 SEC. 437. Section 1701 of division B of the Extend12 ing Government Funding and Delivering Emergency As13 sistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended, is further 

14 amended by striking ‘‘2021 or 2022 or 2023 or 2024’’ 

15 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘calendar years 2021 

16 through 2025’’. 

17 ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES

18 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

19 SEC. 438. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of 

20 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 

21 113–76) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 

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1 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING AND FOREST

2 MANAGEMENT ACT

3 SEC. 439. Section 104 of the Wildfire Suppression 

4 Funding and Forest Management Activities Act (division 

5 O of Public Law 115-141) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘90’’ and in7 serting ‘‘180’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (4) of subsection (b), by in9 serting the following before the semi-colon: ‘‘, and 

10 shall include an accounting of any spending in the 

11 first two quarters of the succeeding fiscal year that 

12 is attributable to suppression operations in the fiscal 

13 year for which the report was prepared’’. 

14 HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON

15 FEDERAL LAND

16 SEC. 440. (a) None of the funds made available by 

17 this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to 

18 prohibit the use of or access to Federal land (as such term 

19 is defined in section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration 

20 Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or 

21 recreational shooting if such use or access— 

22 (1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as of 

23 January 1, 2013; and 

24 (2) was conducted in compliance with the resource 

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1 (16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such Federal land as of 

2 January 1, 2013. 

3 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of 

4 the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may tempo5 rarily close, for a period not to exceed 30 days, Federal 

6 land managed by the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or rec7 reational shooting if the Secretary determines that the 

8 temporary closure is necessary to accommodate a special 

9 event or for public safety reasons. The Secretary may ex10 tend a temporary closure for one additional 90-day period 

11 only if the Secretary determines the extension is necessary 

12 because of extraordinary weather conditions or for public 

13 safety reasons. 

14 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as af15 fecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the 

16 several States to manage, control, or regulate fish and 

17 resident wildlife under State law or regulations. 

18 COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES ACT

19 SEC. 441. Section 6(a) of the Coastal Barrier Re20 sources Act (16 U.S.C. 3505(a)) is amended by adding 

21 at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(7) Use of a sand source within a System unit 

23 by Federal coastal storm risk management projects 

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1 side the System pursuant to section 5 of the Act of 

2 August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the ‘Flood 

3 Control Act of 1941’) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; 

4 33 U.S.C. 701n) at least once between December 

5 31, 2008, and December 31, 2023, in response to an 

6 emergency situation prior to December 31, 2023.’’ 

7 RESCISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FUNDS

8 SEC. 442. The unobligated balances of amounts ap9 propriated or otherwise made available under section 

10 50224 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the 

11 ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) are hereby rescinded. 

12 EXECUTIVE ORDER FUNDING PROHIBITION

13 SEC. 443. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex15 ecutive Order No. 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. 

16 Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support 

17 for underserved communities through the Federal Govern18 ment), Executive Order No. 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 

19 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, 

20 and accessibility in the Federal workforce), or Executive 

21 Order No. 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 

22 10825, relating to further advancing racial equity and 

23 support for underserved communities through the Federal 

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1 MASKS AND VACCINE MANDATES

2 SEC. 444. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 

4 COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandates. 

5 LIMITATION

6 SEC. 445. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 

8 activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 

9 or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 

10 OFFICIAL FLAGS

11 SEC. 446. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to fly or display a flag over a facility 

13 of a Department or agency funded by this Act other than 

14 the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, insular 

15 area, or the District of Columbia; the flag of a Federally 

16 recognized Tribal entity; the official flag of the Secretary 

17 of the Interior; the official flag of a U.S. Department or 

18 agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 

19 MARRIAGE

20 SEC. 447. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 

21 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 

22 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

23 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro24 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

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1 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

2 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

3 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

4 a union of one man and one woman. 

5 (b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub6 section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

7 taken by the Federal Government to— 

8 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

9 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as10 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp11 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter12 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

13 in subsection (a); 

14 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur15 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

16 such person; 

17 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

18 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

19 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co20 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li21 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 

22 other similar position or status from or to such per23 son; 

24 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth25 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 


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1 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

2 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

3 degree from an educational program, from or to 

4 such person; or 

5 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth6 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle7 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in8 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

9 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam10 paigns from or to such person. 

11 (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 

12 Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 

13 certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 

14 would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 

15 such purposes but for a determination against such person 

16 wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 

17 or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 

18 or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 

19 AMERICAN CLIMATE CORPS

20 SEC. 448. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used for the American Climate Corps. 

22 CLIMATE CHANGE EXECUTIVE ORDERS

23 SEC. 449. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 may be used to implement any of the following executive 

25 orders: 


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1 (1) Executive Order No. 13990, relating to 

2 Protecting Public Health and the Environment and 

3 Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; 

4 (2) Executive Order No. 14008, relating to 

5 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; 

6 (3) Section 6 of Executive Order No. 14013, re7 lating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To 

8 Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of 

9 Climate Change on Migration; 

10 (4) Executive Order No. 14030, relating to Cli11 mate-Related Financial Risk; 

12 (5) Executive Order 14037, relating to 

13 Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars 

14 and Trucks; 

15 (6) Executive Order No. 14057, relating to 

16 Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 

17 Through Federal Sustainability; 

18 (7) Executive Order No. 14082, relating to Im19 plementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Pro20 visions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; and 

21 (8) Executive Order No. 14096, relating to Re22 vitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environ23 mental Justice for All. 


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1 NATURAL ASSETS

2 SEC. 450. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to develop or implement guidance related 

4 to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services 

5 and natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making 

6 pursuant to Executive Order 14072 (87 Fed. Reg. 24851, 

7 relating to strengthening the Nation’s forests, commu8 nities, and local economies). 

9 USE OF MINING CLAIMS FOR ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES

10 SEC. 451. Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget 

11 Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f) is amended 

12 by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(e) SECURITY OF TENURE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A claimant shall have 

16 the right to use, occupy, and conduct operations 

17 on public land, with or without the discovery of 

18 a valuable mineral deposit, if— 

19 ‘‘(i) such claimant makes a timely 

20 payment of the location fee required by 

21 section 10102 and the claim maintenance 

22 fee required by subsection (a); or 

23 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a claimant who 

24 qualifies for a waiver under subsection (d), 

25 such claimant makes a timely payment of 


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1 the location fee and complies with the re2 quired assessment work under the general 

3 mining laws. 

4 ‘‘(B) OPERATIONS DEFINED.—For the 

5 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘oper6 ations’ means— 

7 ‘‘(i) any activity or work carried out 

8 in connection with prospecting, exploration, 

9 processing, discovery and assessment, de10 velopment, or extraction with respect to a 

11 locatable mineral; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the reclamation of any disturbed 

13 areas; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) any other reasonably incident 

15 uses, whether on a mining claim or not, in16 cluding the construction and maintenance 

17 of facilities, roads, transmission lines, pipe18 lines, and any other necessary infrastruc19 ture or means of access on public land for 

20 support facilities. 

21 ‘‘(2) FULFILLMENT OF FEDERAL LAND POLICY

22 AND MANAGEMENT ACT.—A claimant that fulfills 

23 the requirements of this section and section 10102 

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1 ment Act that requires the payment of fair market 

2 value to the United States for use of public lands 

3 and resources relating to use of such lands and re4 sources authorized by the general mining laws. 

5 ‘‘(3) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this sub6 section may be construed to diminish the rights of 

7 entry, use, and occupancy, or any other right, of a 

8 claimant under the general mining laws.’’. 

9 PUBLIC LAND ORDER 7917

10 SEC. 452. None of the funds made available by this 

11 or any other Act may be used to enforce Public Land 

12 Order 7917 (88 Fed. Reg. 6308 (January 31, 2023)). 

13 MINERAL LEASES

14 SEC. 453. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

15 and not subject to further judicial review, not later than 

16 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act the Sec17 retary of the Interior shall reinstate the hardrock mineral 

18 leases in the Superior National Forest in the State of Min19 nesota issued in 2019 and identified as MNES-01352 and 

20 MNES-01353. 

21 SOCIAL COST OF CARBON

22 SEC. 454. None of the funds made available by this 

23 or any other Act may be used to consider or incorporate 

24 the social cost of carbon— 


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1 (1) as part of any cost-benefit analysis required 

2 or performed pursuant to— 

3 (A) any law; 

4 (B) Executive Order No. 13990 (86 Fed. 

5 Reg. 7037; relating to protecting public health 

6 and the environment and restoring science to 

7 tackle the climate crisis); 

8 (C) Executive Order No. 14094 (88 Fed. 

9 Reg. 21879; relating to modernizing regulatory 

10 review); 

11 (D) the Presidential Memorandum titled 

12 ‘‘Modernizing Regulatory Review’’ issued by the 

13 President on January 20, 2021; 

14 (E) any revisions to Office of Management 

15 and Budget Circular A-4 proposed or finalized 

16 under Executive Order No. 14094; or 

17 (F) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social 

18 Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide 

19 Interim Estimates under Executive Order 

20 13990,’’ published under the Interagency Work21 ing Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse 

22 Gases, in February of 2021; 

23 (2) in any rulemaking; 

24 (3) in the issuance of any guidance; 

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1 (5) as a justification for any rulemaking, guid2 ance document, or agency action. 

3 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

4 SEC. 455. (a) The provisions of the following bills of 

5 the 118th Congress are hereby enacted into law: 

6 (1) H.R. 548 (Eastern Band of Cherokee His7 toric Lands Reacquisition Act), as passed by the 

8 House of Representatives on February 6, 2023. 

9 (2) Title III of H.R. 7408 (America’s Wildlife 

10 Habitat Conservation Act) as ordered to be reported 

11 on April 16, 2024, by the Committee on Natural Re12 sources of the House of Representatives. 

13 (b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 

14 United States Statutes at large pursuant to section 112 

15 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 

16 States shall include after the date of approval at the end 

17 an appendix setting forth the text of the sections of the 

18 bills referred to in subsection (a). 

19 SPECIAL BASE RATES OF PAY FOR WILDLAND

20 FIREFIGHTERS

21 SEC. 456. (a) Subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 

22 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec23 tion 5332 the following: 

24 ‘‘§ 5332a. Special base rates of pay for wildland fire25 fighters 

26 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘firefighter’ means an employee 

2 who— 

3 ‘‘(A) is a firefighter within the meaning of 

4 section 8331(21) or section 8401(14); 

5 ‘‘(B) in the case of an employee who holds 

6 a supervisory or administrative position and is 

7 subject to subchapter III of chapter 83, but 

8 who does not qualify to be considered a fire9 fighter within the meaning of section 8331(21), 

10 would otherwise qualify if the employee had 

11 transferred directly to that position after serv12 ing as a firefighter within the meaning of that 

13 section; 

14 ‘‘(C) in the case of an employee who holds 

15 a supervisory or administrative position and is 

16 subject to chapter 84, but who does not qualify 

17 to be considered a firefighter within the mean18 ing of section 8401(14), would otherwise qualify 

19 if the employee had transferred directly to that 

20 position after performing duties described in 

21 section 8401(14)(A) for at least 3 years; or 

22 ‘‘(D) in the case of an employee who is not 

23 subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 or chap24 ter 84, holds a position that the Office of Per25 sonnel Management determines would satisfy 


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1 subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) if the employee 

2 were subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 or 

3 chapter 84; 

4 ‘‘(2) the term ‘General Schedule base rate’ 

5 means an annual rate of basic pay established under 

6 section 5332 before any additions, such as a locality7 based comparability payment under section 5304 or 

8 5304a or a special rate supplement under section 

9 5305; 

10 ‘‘(3) the term ‘special base rate’ means an an11 nual rate of basic pay payable to a wildland fire12 fighter, before any additions or reductions, that re13 places the General Schedule base rate otherwise ap14 plicable to the wildland firefighter and that is ad15 ministered in the same manner as a General Sched16 ule base rate; and 

17 ‘‘(4) the term ‘wildland firefighter’ means a 

18 firefighter— 

19 ‘‘(A) who is employed by the Forest Serv20 ice or the Department of the Interior; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the duties of the position of whom 

22 primarily relate to fires occurring in forests, 

23 range lands, or other wildlands, as opposed to 

24 structural fires. 

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1 ‘‘(1) ENTITLEMENT TO SPECIAL RATE.—Not2 withstanding section 5332, a wildland firefighter is 

3 entitled to a special base rate at grades 1 through 

4 15, which shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) replace the otherwise applicable Gen6 eral Schedule base rate for the wildland fire7 fighter; 

8 ‘‘(B) be basic pay for all purposes, includ9 ing the purpose of computing a locality-based 

10 comparability payment under section 5304 or 

11 5304a; and 

12 ‘‘(C) be computed as described in para13 graph (2) and adjusted at the time of adjust14 ments in the General Schedule. 

15 ‘‘(2) COMPUTATION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The special base rate 

17 for a wildland firefighter shall be derived by in18 creasing the otherwise applicable General 

19 Schedule base rate for the wildland firefighter 

20 by the following applicable percentage for the 

21 grade of the wildland firefighter and rounding 

22 the result to the nearest whole dollar: 

23 ‘‘(i) For GS–1, 42 percent. 

24 ‘‘(ii) For GS–2, 39 percent. 

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1 ‘‘(iv) For GS–4, 33 percent. 

2 ‘‘(v) For GS–5, 30 percent. 

3 ‘‘(vi) For GS–6, 27 percent. 

4 ‘‘(vii) For GS–7, 24 percent. 

5 ‘‘(viii) For GS–8, 21 percent. 

6 ‘‘(ix) For GS–9, 18 percent. 

7 ‘‘(x) For GS–10, 15 percent. 

8 ‘‘(xi) For GS–11, 12 percent. 

9 ‘‘(xii) For GS–12, 9 percent. 

10 ‘‘(xiii) For GS–13, 6 percent. 

11 ‘‘(xiv) For GS–14, 3 percent. 

12 ‘‘(xv) For GS–15, 1.5 percent. 

13 ‘‘(B) HOURLY, DAILY, WEEKLY, OR BI14 WEEKLY RATES.—When the special base rate 

15 with respect to a wildland firefighter is ex16 pressed as an hourly, daily, weekly, or biweekly 

17 rate, the special base rate shall be computed 

18 from the appropriate annual rate of basic pay 

19 derived under subparagraph (A) in accordance 

20 with the rules under section 5504(b).’’. 

21 (b) The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 

22 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

23 after the item relating to section 5332 the following: 

‘‘5332a. Special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters.’’. 

24 (c) Section 5343 of title 5, United States Code, is 

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1 ‘‘(g)(1) For a prevailing rate employee described in 

2 section 5342(a)(2)(A) who is a wildland firefighter, as de3 fined in section 5332a(a), the Secretary of Agriculture or 

4 the Secretary of the Interior (as applicable) shall increase 

5 the wage rates of that employee by an amount (determined 

6 at the sole and exclusive discretion of the applicable Sec7 retary after consultation with the other Secretary) that is 

8 generally consistent with the percentage increases given 

9 to wildland firefighters in the General Schedule under sec10 tion 5332a. 

11 ‘‘(2) An increased wage rate under paragraph (1) 

12 shall be basic pay for the same purposes as the wage rate 

13 otherwise established under this section. 

14 ‘‘(3) An increase under this subsection may not cause 

15 the wage rate of an employee to increase to a rate that 

16 would produce an annualized rate in excess of the annual 

17 rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule.’’. 

18 (d) The amendments made by this section shall take 

19 effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period 

20 beginning on or after either October 1, 2024 or the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, whichever is later. 

22 (e) Notwithstanding section 40803(d)(4)(B) of the 

23 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 

24 6592(d)(4)(B)) and authority provided under the headings 

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1 ‘‘WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT – DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 INTERIOR’’ in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the salary in3 crease in such section and under such headings shall not 

4 apply to the positions described in such section 

5 40803(d)(4)(B) for service performed on or after the ef6 fective date described in subsection (d) of this section. 

7 WILDLAND FIRE INCIDENT RESPONSE PREMIUM PAY

8 SEC. 457. (a) Subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, 

9 United Sates Code, is amended by inserting after section 

10 5545b the following: 

11 ‘‘§ 5545c. Incident response premium pay for employ12 ees engaged in wildland firefighting 

13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

14 ‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate committees of Con15 gress’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations of 

17 the House of Representatives; 

18 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac19 countability of the House of Representatives; 

20 ‘‘(C) the Committee on Agriculture of the 

21 House of Representatives; 

22 ‘‘(D) the Committee on Natural Resources 

23 of the House of Representatives; 

24 ‘‘(E) the Committee on Appropriations of 

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1 ‘‘(F) the Committee on Homeland Security 

2 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

3 ‘‘(G) the Committee on Energy and Nat4 ural Resources of the Senate; and 

5 ‘‘(H) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri6 tion, and Forestry of the Senate; 

7 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered employee’ means an em8 ployee of the Forest Service or the Department of 

9 the Interior who is— 

10 ‘‘(A) a wildland firefighter, as defined in 

11 section 5332a(a); or 

12 ‘‘(B) certified by the applicable agency to 

13 perform wildland fire incident-related duties 

14 during the period that employee is deployed to 

15 respond to a qualifying incident; 

16 ‘‘(3) the term ‘incident response premium pay’ 

17 means pay to which a covered employee is entitled 

18 under subsection (c); 

19 ‘‘(4) the term ‘prescribed fire incident’ means a 

20 wildland fire originating from a planned ignition in 

21 accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regula22 tions to meet specific objectives; 

23 ‘‘(5) the term ‘qualifying incident’— 

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1 ‘‘(i) a wildfire incident, a prescribed 

2 fire incident, or a severity incident; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) an incident that the Secretary of 

4 Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior 

5 determines is similar in nature to an inci6 dent described in clause (i); and 

7 ‘‘(B) does not include an initial response 

8 incident that is contained within 36 hours; and 

9 ‘‘(6) the term ‘severity incident’ means an inci10 dent in which a covered employee is pre-positioned 

11 in an area in which conditions indicate there is a 

12 high risk of wildfires. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A covered employee is eligible for 

14 incident response premium pay under this section if— 

15 ‘‘(1) the covered employee is deployed to re16 spond to a qualifying incident; and 

17 ‘‘(2) the deployment described in paragraph (1) 

18 is— 

19 ‘‘(A) outside of the official duty station of 

20 the covered employee; or 

21 ‘‘(B) within the official duty station of the 

22 covered employee and the covered employee is 

23 assigned to an incident-adjacent fire camp or 

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1 ‘‘(c) ENTITLEMENT TO INCIDENT RESPONSE PRE2 MIUM PAY.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered employee who 

4 satisfies the conditions under subsection (b) is enti5 tled to premium pay for the period in which the cov6 ered employee is deployed to respond to the applica7 ble qualifying incident. 

8 ‘‘(2) COMPUTATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) FORMULA.—Subject to subpara10 graphs (B) and (C), premium pay under para11 graph (1) shall be paid to a covered employee 

12 at a daily rate of 450 percent of the hourly rate 

13 of basic pay of the covered employee for each 

14 day that the covered employee satisfies the re15 quirements under subsection (b), rounded to 

16 the nearest whole cent. 

17 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Premium pay under 

18 this subsection may not be paid— 

19 ‘‘(i) with respect to a covered em20 ployee for whom the annual rate of basic 

21 pay is greater than that for step 10 of GS– 

22 10, at a daily rate that exceeds the daily 

23 rate established under subparagraph (A) 

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1 ‘‘(ii) to a covered employee in a total 

2 amount that exceeds $9,000 in any cal3 endar year. 

4 ‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of 

6 Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte7 rior shall assess the difference between the 

8 average total amount of compensation that 

9 was paid to covered employees, by grade, 

10 in fiscal years 2023 and 2024. 

11 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 180 

12 days after the date that is 1 year after the 

13 effective date of this section, the Secretary 

14 of Agriculture and the Secretary of the In15 terior shall jointly publish a report on the 

16 results of the assessment conducted under 

17 clause (i). 

18 ‘‘(iii) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS.— 

19 After publishing the report required under 

20 clause (ii), the Secretary of Agriculture 

21 and the Secretary of the Interior, in con22 sultation with the Director of the Office of 

23 Personnel Management, may, in the sole 

24 and exclusive discretion of the Secretaries 

25 acting jointly, administratively adjust the 


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1 amount of premium pay paid under this 

2 subsection (or take other administrative 

3 action) to ensure that the average annual 

4 amount of total compensation paid to cov5 ered employees, by grade, is more con6 sistent with such amount that was paid to 

7 those employees in fiscal year 2023. 

8 ‘‘(iv) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA9 TION.—Not later than 3 days after an ad10 justment made, or other administrative ac11 tion taken, under clause (iii) becomes final, 

12 the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec13 retary of the Interior shall jointly submit 

14 to the appropriate committees of Congress 

15 a notification regarding that adjustment or 

16 other administrative action, as applicable. 

17 ‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF INCIDENT RESPONSE PREMIUM

18 PAY.—Incident response premium pay under this sec19 tion— 

20 ‘‘(1) is not considered part of the basic pay of 

21 a covered employee for any purpose; 

22 ‘‘(2) may not be considered in determining a 

23 covered employee’s lump-sum payment for accumu24 lated and accrued annual leave under section 5551 

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1 ‘‘(3) may not be used in determining pay under 

2 section 8114 (relating to compensation for work in3 juries); 

4 ‘‘(4) may not be considered in determining pay 

5 for hours of paid leave or other paid time off during 

6 which the premium pay is not payable; and 

7 ‘‘(5) shall be disregarded in determining the 

8 minimum wage and overtime pay to which a covered 

9 employee is entitled under the Fair Labor Standards 

10 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).’’. 

11 (b) Subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United 

12 States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in section 5544— 

14 (A) by amending the section heading to 

15 read as follows: ‘‘Wage-board overtime, 

16 Sunday rates, and other premium 

17 pay’’; and 

18 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(d) A prevailing rate employee described in section 

20 5342(a)(2)(A) shall receive incident response premium 

21 pay under the same terms and conditions that apply to 

22 a covered employee under section 5545c if that em23 ployee— 

24 ‘‘(1) is employed by the Forest Service or the 

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1 ‘‘(2)(A) is a wildland firefighter, as defined in 

2 section 5332a(a); or 

3 ‘‘(B) is certified by the applicable agency to 

4 perform wildland fire incident-related duties during 

5 the period the employee is deployed to respond to a 

6 qualifying incident (as defined in section 

7 5545c(a)).’’; and 

8 (2) in section 5547(a), in the matter preceding 

9 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘5545c,’’ after 

10 ‘‘5545a,’’. 

11 (c) The table of sections for subchapter V of chapter 

12 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) by amending the item relating to section 

14 5544 to read as follows: 

‘‘5544. Wage-board overtime, Sunday rates, and other premium pay.’’; and 

15 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec16 tion 5545b the following: 

‘‘5545c. Incident response premium pay for employees engaged in wildland firefighting.’’. 

17 (d) The amendments made by this section shall take 

18 effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period 

19 beginning on or after either October 1, 2024 or the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, whichever is later. 

21 WATER RIGHTS

22 SEC. 458. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 as a condition of the issuance, renewal, or extension of 

2 any Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management per3 mit, lease, allotment, easement, or other land use and oc4 cupancy, arrangement, the transfer, or relinquishment of 

5 any water right, in whole, or in part, granted under State 

6 law. 

7 CACTUS CHANNEL

8 SEC. 459. Subject to the terms provided herein, if 

9 the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conserva10 tion District submits to the Secretary of Agriculture, not 

11 later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this 

12 Act, a written request for the conveyance of certain Na13 tional Forest System land located in the County of River14 side, California, as generally depicted on the map titled 

15 ‘‘Sunnymead Cactus Avenue Channel Proposed Land Con16 veyance’’ and dated ‘‘May 13, 2024’’ the Secretary shall 

17 convey to that District all right, title, and interest of the 

18 United States in and to those lands: Provided, That the 

19 exact acreage and legal description of the National Forest 

20 System land herein identified shall be determined by a sur21 vey satisfactory to the Secretary: Provided further, That 

22 then conveyance shall be made by quitclaim deed and sub23 ject to existing rights and any other terms and conditions 

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1 trict shall pay to the United States fair market value for 

2 the conveyed National Forest System land herein identi3 fied: Provided further, That the Secretary shall deposit any 

4 funds received by the United States from such conveyance 

5 in the fund established under Public Law 90-171 (16 

6 U.S.C. 484a) (commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) and 

7 such deposits shall be made available without future ap8 propriations: Provided further, That as a condition of the 

9 conveyance, the District shall pay all costs associated with 

10 the conveyance, including the survey herein required and 

11 any environmental analysis and resource surveys required 

12 by Federal law: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

13 the requirements of Section 120(h) of the Comprehensive 

14 Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

15 of 1980 (42 U.S.C, 9620(h)), with respect to the National 

16 Forest System land herein identified, the Secretary shall 

17 only be required to meet disclosure requirements for haz18 ardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants under Sec19 tion 120(h) and shall not otherwise be required to reme20 diate or abate any hazardous substances, pollutants, or 

21 contaminants: Provided further, That if the National For22 est System land herein identified is conveyed to the Dis23 trict, the Secretary shall not be required to contribute to 

24 the cost of any infrastructure, facilities, or improvements 

25 developed on that land after the conveyance. 


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1 LIMITATION

2 SEC. 460. None of the funds made available by this 

3 or any other Act may be used for the Climate Justice Alli4 ance. 

5 LIMITATION

6 SEC. 461. None of the amounts appropriated or oth7 erwise made available to the Smithsonian Institution by 

8 this Act may be made available for partnerships or activi9 ties associated with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade 

10 Offices. 

11 LAND WITHDRAWALS

12 SEC. 462. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to withdraw any Federal land from any 

14 form of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public 

15 land laws, location, entry, or patent under the general 

16 mining laws, or disposition under the mineral leasing, min17 eral materials, or geothermal leasing laws unless such 

18 withdrawal is authorized by an Act of Congress. 

19 FAST-41

20 SEC. 463. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en22 force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Revising Scope of the Min23 ing Sector of Projects That Are Eligible for Coverage 

24 Under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor25 tation Act’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 65350; September 22, 2023). 


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1 PRIVATELY OWNED MINERAL ESTATES

2 SEC. 464. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to issue or revise any regulation pursuant 

4 to Section 17(o) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 

5 226(o)) relating to oil and gas development of outstanding 

6 and reserved mineral rights within the Allegheny National 

7 Forest. 

8 APPRAISALS

9 SEC. 465. Section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1948 (62 

10 Stat. 568, chapter 593; 16 U.S.C. 577g), is amended by 

11 striking ‘‘of the fair appraised value of such’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘of the highest fair appraised value, including the his13 torical fair appraised value, as determined by the Sec14 retary of Agriculture in accordance with this section, of 

15 such’’. 

16 WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES

17 SEC. 466. Not later than 15 days after the date of 

18 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ19 mental Protection Agency and the Assistant Secretary of 

20 the Army for Civil Works shall provide to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees any guidance documents relat22 ing to the implementation of the rule entitled ‘‘Revised 

23 Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’; Conforming’’ 

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1 ronmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on 

2 September 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 61964). 

3 PESTICIDES

4 SEC. 467. None of the funds made available by this 

5 or any other Act may be used to issue or adopt any guid6 ance or any policy, take any regulatory action, or approve 

7 any labeling or change to such labeling that is inconsistent 

8 with or in any respect different from the conclusion of— 

9 (a) a human health assessment performed pursuant 

10 to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

11 (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); or 

12 (b) a carcinogenicity classification for a pesticide. 

13 STEAM RULE

14 SEC. 468. None of the funds made available by this 

15 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

16 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Supplemental Effluent 

17 Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Elec18 tric Power Generating Point Source Category’’ published 

19 by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal 

20 Register on May 9, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 40198). 

21 SMALL OFF-ROAD ENGINE WAIVER

22 SEC. 469. None of the funds made available by this 

23 or any other Act may be used to approve a waiver sub24 mitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by the 

25 State of California, pursuant to section 209(e) of the 


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1 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(e)), for the State of Cali2 fornia’s amendments to its rule titled ‘‘Small Off-Road 

3 Engine Regulations: Transition to Zero Emissions’’. 

4 OZONE GOOD NEIGHBOR

5 SEC. 470. None of the funds made available by this 

6 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

7 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Federal ‘Good Neighbor 

8 Plan’ for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

9 Standards’’ published by the Environmental Protection 

10 Agency in the Federal Register on June 5, 2023 (88 Fed. 

11 Reg. 36654). 

12 EPA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 SEC. 471. Beginning on October 1, 2024, of the 

14 amounts made available to the Environmental Protection 

15 Agency under each of sections 60101, 60102, 60104, 

16 60105, 60106, 60107, 60108, 60109, 60110, 60111, 

17 60112, 60113, 60115, 60116, and 60201 of Public Law 

18 117–169, two-tenths of one percent of such amounts shall 

19 be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General of 

20 the Environmental Protection Agency for oversight of 

21 funding provided to the Environmental Protection Agency 

22 by such Public Law: Provided, That amounts so trans23 ferred shall be derived from the unobligated balances of 

24 amounts under each such section. 


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1 CLEAN POWER PLAN

2 SEC. 472. None of the funds made available by this 

3 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

4 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘New Source Performance 

5 Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, 

6 Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 

7 Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse 

8 Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 

9 Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean En10 ergy Rule’’ published by the Environmental Protection 

11 Agency in the Federal Register on May 9, 2024 (89 Fed. 

12 Reg. 39798). 

13 ETHYLENE OXIDE

14 SEC. 473. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en16 force the proposed interim registration review decision and 

17 draft risk assessment addendum for ethylene oxide de18 scribed in the notice titled ‘‘Pesticide Registration Review; 

19 Proposed Interim Decision and Draft Risk Assessment 

20 Addendum for Ethylene Oxide; Notice of Availability’’ 

21 published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 

22 Federal Register on April 13, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 22447) 

23 unless the Commissioner of Food and Drugs certifies that, 

24 as relevant, finalization, implementation, administration, 

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1 ethylene oxide will not adversely impact the availability of 

2 ethylene oxide to sterilize medical products in the United 

3 States or result in the movement of any sterilization ca4 pacity of such products outside of the United States. 

5 LIGHT- AND MEDIUM-DUTY VEHICLES

6 SEC. 474. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

8 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Multi-Pollutant Emissions 

9 Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty 

10 and Medium-Duty Vehicles’’ published by the Environ11 mental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on April 

12 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 27842), or any substantially simi13 lar rule. 

14 HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES

15 SEC. 475. None of the funds made available by this 

16 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

17 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

18 Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3’’ and pub19 lished by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 

20 Federal Register on April 22, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 29440), 

21 or any substantially similar rule. 

22 CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 401

23 SEC. 476. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

25 final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency, titled 


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1 ‘‘Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification 

2 Improvement Rule’’, and published on September 27, 

3 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 66558). 

4 INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON SOCIAL COST OF

5 GREENHOUSE GASES

6 SEC. 477. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used for the Interagency Working Group on 

8 the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases. 

9 NEPA GREENHOUSE GAS GUIDANCE

10 SEC. 478. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en12 force the notice of interim guidance titled ‘‘National Envi13 ronmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Green14 house Gas Emissions and Climate Change’’ published by 

15 the Council on Environmental Quality in the Federal Reg16 ister on January 9, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 1196). 

17 NEPA PHASE 1

18 SEC. 479. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used implement, administer, or enforce the 

20 final rule titled ‘‘National Environmental Policy Act Im21 plementing Regulations Revisions’’ published by the Coun22 cil on Environmental Quality in the Federal Register on 

23 April 20, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 23453). 


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1 NEPA PHASE 2

2 SEC. 480. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en4 force the final rule titled ‘‘National Environmental Policy 

5 Act Implementing Regulations Revisions Phase 2’’ pub6 lished by the Council on Environmental Quality in the 

7 Federal Register on May 1, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 35442). 

8 OIL AND NATURAL GAS

9 SEC. 481. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

11 final rule titled ‘‘Standards of Performance for New, Re12 constructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guide13 lines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Cli14 mate Review’’ published by the Environmental Protection 

15 Agency in the Federal Register on March 8, 2024 (89 

16 Fed. Reg. 16820). 

17 RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS

18 SEC. 482. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

20 final rule titled ‘‘Accidental Release Prevention Require21 ments: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air 

22 Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Preven23 tion’’ published by the Environmental Protection Agency 

24 in the Federal Register on March 11, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 

25 17622). 


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1 GHG REPORTING

2 SEC. 483. None of the funds made available by this 

3 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

4 or enforce the final rule titled ‘‘Greenhouse Gas Reporting 

5 Rule: Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for 

6 Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems’’ published by the 

7 Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register 

8 on May 14, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 42062). 

9 MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS

10 SEC. 484. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en12 force the proposed rule titled ‘‘Clean Water Act Effluent 

13 Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and 

14 Poultry Products Point Source Category’’ published by the 

15 Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register 

16 on January 23, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 4474). 

17 DISPOSAL OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS

18 SEC. 485. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

20 final rule titled ‘‘Hazardous and Solid Waste Management 

21 System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From 

22 Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR Surface Impoundments’’ 

23 published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 

24 Federal Register on May 8, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 38950). 


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1 AERIALLY APPLIED FIRE RETARDANT

2 SEC. 486. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to ban the use of aerially applied fire 

4 retardant. 

5 CALIFORNIA RCRA ACTION

6 SEC. 487. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to implement a regulation issued by the 

8 State of California, pursuant to the authority provided 

9 under the 2009 Memorandum of Agreement between the 

10 California Department of Toxic Substances Control and 

11 Region IX of the Environmental Protection Agency (or 

12 any successor agreement), that classifies metal shredding 

13 facilities as hazardous waste treatment facilities. 

14 REPORT ON CELLULOSIC BIOFUELS

15 SEC. 488. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 

16 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Envi17 ronmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Com18 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a re20 port outlining a plan to qualify any fuel derived from 

21 waste plastic or waste tires as cellulosic biofuel under sec22 tion 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)). 

23 (b) In preparing the report described in subsection 

24 (a), the Administrator shall consult with relevant stake25 holders and incorporate into such report any input from 


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1 such stakeholders that the Administrator determines ap2 propriate. 

3 GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY

4 SEC. 489. (a) Section 8206(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Agri5 cultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a) is amended by 

6 striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

7 (b) Notwithstanding the amendment made by sub8 section (a), the authorities provided by title III of the 

9 America’s Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act (as enacted 

10 by section 455 of this Act), and the terms and conditions 

11 of such Act, shall apply to the United States Fish and 

12 Wildlife Service. 

13 METHANE FEE

14 SEC. 490. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used— 

16 (1) to develop, propose, finalize, implement, or 

17 enforce regulations implementing subsection (c) of 

18 section 136 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7436); 

19 or 

20 (2) otherwise impose, collect, or enforce a 

21 charge on methane emissions under such section 

22 136. 

23 LIMITATION

24 SEC. 491. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 


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1 final rule titled ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz2 ardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility 

3 Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and 

4 Technology Review’’ published by the Environmental Pro5 tection Agency in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024 

6 (89 Fed. Reg. 38508). 

7 STATE PERMIT PROGRAM

8 SEC. 492. The notice of the Environmental Protec9 tion Agency approving the State of Florida’s request to 

10 carry out a permit program for the discharge of dredged 

11 or fill material pursuant to section 404 of the Federal 

12 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344), published 

13 on December 22, 2020, and titled ‘‘EPA’s Approval of 

14 Florida’s Clean Water Act Section 404 Assumption Re15 quest’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 83553) shall have the force and ef16 fect of law. 

17 IRIS

18 SEC. 493. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to develop, finalize, issue, or use assess20 ments under the Integrated Risk Information System 

21 (IRIS). 

22 UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER

23 SEC. 494. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, 

25 or administer the addition of the Upper Columbia River, 


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1 Washington site under the General Superfund Section of 

2 the proposed rule entitled ‘‘National Priorities List’’ and 

3 published by the Environmental Protection Agency on 

4 March 7, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16502). 

5 OLD-GROWTH

6 SEC. 495. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to— 

8 (1) finalize, implement, administer, or enforce 

9 the environmental impact statement entitled ‘‘EIS 

10 No. 20240110, Draft, USFS, NAT, Land Manage11 ment Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Condi12 tions Across the National Forest System’’ published 

13 by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Fed14 eral Register on June 21, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 

15 52039) or any substantially similar environmental 

16 impact statement; or 

17 (2) carry out any proposed action included in 

18 such environmental impact statement (or notice re19 lating to such environmental impact statement) or 

20 any substantially similar action. 

21 NAAQS RULE

22 SEC. 496. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

24 final rule entitled ‘‘Reconsideration of the National Ambi25 ent Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter’’ and 


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1 published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 

2 Federal Register on March 6, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 16202). 

3 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

4 SEC. 497. $0 

5 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

6 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 481 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8998 

[Report No. 118–581] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for 

JULY 11, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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